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YORKTOWN 

CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION, 

October 18, 19, 20, 21, 1881. 



UNDER THE JOINT RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS OF 
JUNE 7, 1880. 



PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE 

Yorktown Centennial Commission, 

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Preliminary entertainments attending the reception of the 

French guests 

The Programme at Yorktowu 



The Origin of the Celebration 

The Act of Congress creating the Commission and directing 

the building of the Monument 
The Congressional Commission and its Officers 
The State Commissioners .... 
The Monument . . 
Distinguished Guests and Military . 

Our Foreign Guests 

The Commanding General and Staff 

The Regular Army 

Pennsylvania .... 

New Jersey .... 

Wisconsin . . . . , . 

North Carolina .... 

Vermont ..... 



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XII CONTENTS. 

Distinguished Guests and Military — Continued 

New York 

Michigan 

Maryland 

Kentucky 

Maine . 

South Carolina 

Rhode Island 

New Hampshire 

Connecticut 

Delaware 

Massachusetts 

Virginia 
Sketch of the Siege of Yorktown 
Masonic Bodies participating in the Ceremonies 
Vessels composing the Fleet and their officers 

The Marine Corps 

Sketch of the Foreign Guests . 
Robert C. Winthrop, the Centennial Orator 
James Barron Hope, the Centennial Poet . 
The Camp ...... 

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The French guests will arrive at New York on the 5th October, where 

they will be roceived by Hon. K. R. Hitt, Assistant Secretary of State, 

representing the Government, and a committee of the citizens of New 

York city. 

October 6th. — Keoeption of ^the guests by Governor Cornell, of New 
York, and grand military review of the First Division N. Y. N. G. 

October 7th. — Excursion to West Point on the U. S. Steamer Vandaiia 

October 8th. — Excursion to Niagara Falls. 

October 9th. — At Niagara, leaving on the afternoon and arriving at New 
York on the morning of 

October 10th, when the party will leave Jersey City on the limited ex- 
press, 9.30, for Baltimore. 

B A.i_.Ti:\d:o:R.E. 

First Day — Monday, October 10th. 

Introduction of water from the Gunpowder river by direct flow. Cere- 
monies to begin at 2 p. m. at Battle Monument Fountain, Monument 
Square. Parade and review participated in by the 

Fifth Regiment Maryland N. G. 

Washington Light Infantry. 

National Rifles, Washington, D. C. 

Grand Army of the Republic, 800 men. 

Police Fcrce of Baltimore, 250 men. 

Baltimore Fire Brigade, with engines and apparatus. 
Etening. — Grand illumination of the city by electric and calcium lights. 

Second Day — Tuesday, October 11th. 

Athletic games at Newington Park, 3 p. m. 
Game of La Crosse between New York and Baltimore teams. 
Concert by Gilmore's Band, from 3 to 5 o'clock p. m., at the Washington 
Monument, Mt. Vernon Place. 

THE ORIOLE PAGEANT 
will start at 7 p. m. from Madison and Boundary Avenues. Col. H. D. 
Loney, Chief Marshal. 

PROCESSION. 

1. The Marshal and Aides. 

2. Lfical Tableaux, designed by James Hodges and Dr. Volck. 

3. Tableaux of German Societies, attended by 150 members of the Butchers' 

Association in costume. 

4. Tableaux of French, Italian, and Caledonian Societies. 
6. Tableaux of Business Firms. 

The Mystic Pageant will comprise 24 tableaux under the direction of T, C. 
DeLeon. 



XIV PRELIMINARY ENTERTAINMENTS. 

Route of Procession. 

Madison Avenue to Eutaw, to Fayette, to Carey, to Baltimore, to Broad- 
way. At Broadway Institute the figurantes will dismount, thus ending 
the display. 

Third Day — Wednesday, October 12th. 

Reception of the French guests of the Nation at City Hull, 11 a. m. to 2 
p. m., after which they will lake carriagos and visit the parks and places of 
interest. Bicycle tournament at Druid Hill Park. 

2 p. m. — Parade of Tugboats in the Harjjor, from Light street wharf to 
Fort Carroll. 

8 p. m. — Grand display of fireworks at Druid Hill Park and around 

Druid Lake. 

"v^^SHCiisra-Tonsr. 

The French and German guests will arrive at Washington on the after- 
noon of October 13th, and will be escorted to the Arlington Hotel, where 
they will hold an informal reception. 

Friday, October 14th. 

The guests will be escorted by a grand military and civic procession, 
under the chief marslmlship of Robert Boyd, Esq., to the Capitol, where 
a formal reception will be held in the rotunda, alter which they will be 
escorted to their quarters. 

8 p. m. — Illumination of the city and grand pyrotechnic display at the 
east front of the Capitol, the Avenue being decorated and illuminated by 
electric lights. 

Saturday, October 15th. 

Morning. — Excursion to Mount Vernon. 

Evening. — Reception at the residence of Secretary Blaine. 

Sunday, October 16th. 

The guests will attend church during the morning, and leave for York- 
town at 6 p. m. 

lE^IGHIIMIOItTID. 

Monday, October 17th. 

A grand military parade and review in Capitol Square of the entire Vir- 
ginia Militia, under the command of General Fitzhugh Lee, participated 
in by the 13lh Regiment National Guard State of New York and the 1st 
Regiment Connecticut National Guard. 

On Monday, October 17th, and Tuesday, October 18th, the city of Nor- 
folk, Virginia, will celebrate the 20(llh anniversary of its settlement, by a 
grand military and civic procession. Oration and congratulatory ad- 
dresses, illumination and fireworks by night, the city being lighted by 
electricity. 




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TUESDAY, OCTOBEE 18. 

10 A. M. 

OUT DOOR CONCERT, 

AT GKAND STAND, MONUMENT SITE, 

BY THE 



THIRD U. S. ARTILLERY BAND, 



William Ihnenfeldt, 



Leader. 



1. OvERTURK — " Jolly Robbers " Suppe. 

2. Duetto — " II Masnadieri " Verdi. 

3. Selection — Barbe Bleu Offenbach. 

4. Musical Melange—" This and That " Boettger. 

5. Selection — Huguenots Meyerbeer. 

6. Introduction — Norma Bellmi. 

7. Overture — Nabucco Verdi. 

8. Selection — " A Night in Granada " Krentzer. 

9. Waltz — " Les Sirenes " Waldtenfel. 

10. Grand National Medley Potpourri Heinieke. 



ORDER OF EXERCISES. 



AT MILITARY CAMP, 

BY 

WORTH CAROLINA STATE BAND. 
W. H. Nkave, - - - - Director. 



10. 



Overture — " Cliristian Reid " Neave. 

"Waltzes — " Blue Danube ' Strauss. 

Polonaise on Fifth Air De Beriot. 

Selection of Popular Airs. 

Selection — " Barber of Seville" Rossini. 

(a. " Libussa'" Zickoff. 

Polka Mazurkas-^ 

I h. " Coliseum " Faust. 

Selection — " Lurline " Wallace. 

Quick March — '• Fire of Youth " Neave. 

Hallelujah Chorus ■. Handel. 

(a. God Save Our President From Harm Millard. 

I b. Washington's Grand March. 

[c. Old North State ■ Gaston. 



11 A. M. 

Reception by the Governor of Virginia, 

At Lafayette Hall, 

Of the President and his Cabinet, the Guests of the Nation, the 

Diplomatic Corps, the Congressiona 1 Commission, 

and the Governors and Commissioners of the States. 



11 A. M. 
THE MASONIC PROCESSION 

Will form and proceed to the Monument Site, in the following 
order : 

M. W. ROBERT ENOCH WITHERS, P. G. M., 
Grand Marshal. 
Tiler, with Drawn Sword. 

Other Tilers of Subordinate Lodges, six abreast, with Drawn 
Swords. 



ORDER OF EXERCISES. 



Music;. 

Two Stewards witli Wliitc Rods. 

Master Masons, six abreast. 

Junior Deacons, six abreast. 

Senior Deacons, six abreast. 

Secretaries, six abreast. 

Treasurers, six abreast. 

Visiting Brethren from other Grand Jurisdictions in charge of 

the Committee on Assignment of Quarters. 

Escort. 

Grand Commandery of Virginia and its Subordinates. 

Grand Commanderies of other States and their Subordinates. 

Worshipful Jamk.s M. Taylor, Grand Tiler, with 

Drawn Sword, and 

Brother Jamks E. Riddick, Grand Pursuivant. 

Junior Wardens, six abreast. 

Senior W^ardens, six abreast. 

Past Masters, six abreast. 

Present Masters, six abreast. 

District Deputy Grand Masters, six abreast. 

Medical Statf. 

Golden Vessel with Corn, by the 

Most Worsliipful Samukl C. Lawkknce, Grand Master of 

Massachusetts. 

Square, Level, and Plumb, by the 

Most Worshipful Grand Masters Horace S. Taylor, of New 

York, Jo:-iN S. Tyson, of Maryland, and Samuel 

B. Dick, of Pennsylvania. 

The Golden Vessels, with Wine and Oil, by 

ilost Worshipful Grand .Masters Josiaii J. Wright, of Georgia, 

and JosEi'ii W. Martin, of New Jcrse}'. 

Right Worshipful Oscar M. Marshall, Grand Treasurer, and 
Right Worshipful W. Bryan Isaacs, Grand Secretary. 

Tuscan and Composit Orders of Architecture, by the 
Worshipful Masters of Lodges Nos. 19 and 18, of Virginia. 

Doric, Ionic, and ('orintbian Orders, by the 
Worshipful Masters of Lodges Nos. l.j, 14, and 13, of Virginia. 

One Large Light, by the 
Worshipful Master of Lodge No. 10, of A'irginia. 



ORDER OF EXERCISES. 



Holy Bible, Square, and Compass, by the 
Worshipful Master of Lodge No. 5, of Virginia. 

Two Large Lights, by the 
Worshipful Masters of Lodges Nos. 4 and 3, of Virginia. 

Grand Masters of States other than of the Thirteen Original States, 
in charge of the Committee on Reception. 

Right Worshipful Reuben Mtjrrel Page, 

Deputy Grand Master, 

Accompanied b}' the 

Most Worshipful Grand Masters of States of South Carolina, 

North Carolina, Connecticut, New Hampshire, 

Rhode Island and Delaware. 

Grand Chaplain, Right Worshipful George W. Dame, D. D. 

Grand Orator, Most Worshipful Beverley R. Wellford, Jr., 
Past Grand Master. 

R. W. Mayo B. Carrington, Grand Senior Warden, and 
R. W. Henry W. Murray^, Grand Junior Warden. 

Book of Constitutions, by the 

Worshipful Master of Lodge No. 1. 

Right Worshipful F. H. Hill, Grand Senior Deacon, and 

Right Worshipful W. F. Drinkard, Grand Junior Deacon, 

on the right and left of 

Most Worshipful PEYTON S. COLES, Grand Master. 

Wearing the Sash and Apron Presented to 

Brother George Washington by 

Brother La Fayette. 

Two Stewards with White Rods, 

Grand Sword- Bearer, with Drawn Sword, 



12 M. 

I- 

The Chairman of the Joint Commission of Congress, Hon. 
John W. Johnston, United States Senator from the State of 
Virginia, will call the assembly to order at 12 o'clock noon, at the 
Monument site. 

II. 

PRAYER BY THE REV. ROBERT NELSON, 
Grandson of Governor Nelson of Virginia, who commanded the 
Virginia militia during the siege of Yorktown. 



ORDER OF EXERCISES. 



III. 
'THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER" 

by three hundred voices, under the leadership of Prof. Ciiarlk.s 
L. Seioel, of Richmond, Virginia. The accompaniment b\- the 
Marine Band. 

At its conclusion the United States flag will be unfurled, and 
saluted by the land batteries and war vessels in the harbor. 

IV. 

ADDRESS OF WELCOME 

by His Excellency F. W. M. Hollid.vy, Governor of Virginia. 

V. 
- THE MARSEILLAISE HYMN " 

by the chorus of voices under the leadership of Prof. Skiokl. 
The accompaniment by the Marine Band. 

VI. 
REMARKS 

by the Chairman of the Commission, Hon. .J. W. Johnston, of 
Virginia. 

VII. 

"HAIL COLUMBIA," 

by tiie chorus of voices led by Prof. Seigel. The accompani- 
ment by the Marine Band. 

VIII. 
LAYING THE CORNER STONE OF THE MONUMENT, 

HY THE 

Masonic Grand Mastkr of Virg[.via, assisted by the Grand 
Masters of tlie Thirteen Original .VEasters. 

IX. 

GRAND FANTASIA. 

''■ Intei'national Congress," ".S'oMsa,"' 
by the Marine Band, conducted by Mr. .T. Piiii.ip Sousa. 



ORDER OF EXERCISES. 



4 P. M. 

CONCERT. 

AT GRAND STAND. MONUMENT SITE, 

JfY TIIK 

FIRST U, S. ARTILLERY BAND, 

Carl Kreykr, ------ Leader. 

1. March — " Adjutant Davis" Krcyer. 

2. Overture — " Der Tambour du Garde " Tilt. 

3. Waltz— Pluie d'Or Waldtenfel. 

4. Cornet Solo — De Beri.st's 5th Air Price'. 

5. Paraphrase — " How Fair Thou Art " Nesvadha. 

6. Selection — Trovatore Verdi. 

7. Danse — Des Sultanes Polak Daniels. 

8. Waltz— Flots de Joies Wnldienfel. 

9. Overture — " Lespoir de L'Alsace " Herman. 

10. Galop — Maraschino Lee. 



4 P. M. 
AT STAND, MILITARY CAMP, 

BY THE 

COLUMBIA (SOUTH CAROLINA) SILVER CORNET BAND, 
A. D. Palmer, - Leader. 

1. Quickstep — "Thirteenth Eeginient " Cogswell. 

2. Andante and Waltz — " Emma" Boyer. 

3. Overture — "Rip Van Winkle " Brooks. 

4. Polka — " Chxrinda '' Keller. 

5. Quickstep — " Eighth Regiment" Cliambcrs. 

6. Waltz—" Blue Danube " Sti-auss. 

7. Overture — " Mixed Candy " Caywood. 

8. Galop — Inauguration Ripley. 

9. Overture— " Pea Nuts" Southwell. 

10. "Washington Grays" Graffula. 



ORDER OF EXtlRCISES. 



7: 30 P. M. 

PYKOTECUNIC DISPLAY 

From a boat moored in tlie York Kiver, 

J. W. Bond, Pyrotechnist, Baltimore. 

1. Aerial Shells, Colored. "2. Flight of Heavy Colored Rockets. 

8. " Welcome." 

4. Shells and Rockets. •'>. Battery. 

6. Flight Rockets. 7. Shells. 

8. Pyramid. 

9. Battery. 10. Chinese Sun. 

n. Polka Dance. 12. Shells and Rockets. 

13. Blooming Dahlia. 

14. Battery. 15. Dancing Devils. 

10. Rockets and Shells. 17. Cascade. 

18. Rockets and Shells. 

lit. Tableau. " Tribute to rii k Tiiiktkkn." 



8:30 P. M. 
PROMENADE CONCERT AND HOP, 

RECKl'TION HALL, 

SECOND U. S, ARTILLERY BAND, 
LuiGi Ferrari Loader. 

1. Grand March Grofulo. 

2. Overture — " Masaneillo " Auber- 

3. Waltz—" La Plue d'Or " Waldtenfel. 

4. PoTi'OURl — Liederkranz Carl. 

5. Lanciers — "New York" Weingarten. 

G. Quartette — " Lucie de Lammermoor ' Donizetti. 

7. Galop — " Racquette " Siinons. 

8. PoTPOURi — " Boccacio " Suppc. 

!». Waltz— " To Thee " Waldtenfel. 

10. PoTi'ouRi — Martha Flotoic 

11. Polka— " Levy-Athen " (Cornet Solo) Leiy. 



ORDER OF EXERCISES. 




WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19. 

9 A. M. 

OPEN-AIR CONCERT, 

AT GRAND STAND, MONUMENT SITE, 

HY THE 

MARINE BAND, WASHINGTON. 

Mr. J. Philii^ Sousa, - . - - Conductor. 
Mr. S. Pktrola, . . . - . Assistant. 

Overture — " Les Dragoons de Villars " Maillart. 

Selection — " Billee Taylor " Solomons. 

Duett for Two Corxets^" Swiss Boy " Bent. 

Performed by Messrs. Jaeger and Petrola. 

Potpourri — " Madams Favart" Off'enhach. 

Waltz — "Pastoral Songs". Basquit. 

Caprice — " Turkish " Bendel. 

Garotte — " Myrrha '" -. Sousa. 

Fantasia — " Grand Duchess " Offenbach. 

Galop — "Tout a la Joie " Fahrhaeh. 



ORDER OF EXERCISES. 



AT STAND, MILITARY CAMIV 

BY THE 

FIFTH REGIMENT MARYLAND N. G, BAND. 
A. Itzel, ------- Leader. 

1. March — " Yorktown CentenniHl " Hzel. 

Dedicated to the Yorktowu Centennial ( onimission. 

2. OVEKTUKE — " Yubel ' Baclt. 

3. Turkish Patrol—'- The Night Watcli " Gretry. 

4. HuMOREsKA — (An old German song, as it would have been 

treated by Bach, Strauss, Lullj', Verdi, Weber, and 
Wagner) Scherz. 

5. "The Hussars' Raid" Spindler. 

6. Overture — "Comique" Kelcr Bela. 

7. Valse — " Talisman " Lannor. 

8. Introduction and Bridai, Chorus — 

" Lohengrin " Wagner. 

9. Overture — " Crown Diamonds " Auber. 

10. Galop^" Turque " Poloc-Daniels. 



11 A. M. 

I. 
The assembly will be called to order by Hon. John W. John- 
ston, Chairman of the Yorktown Centennial Commission. 

II. 

OVERTURP]. 

'^ Fes(." -^ Leutner," 

by the Marine Band conducted by Mr. J. riiii.ri' Sousa. 

III. 

PRAYER BY BISHOP HARRIS. 

of the M. E. Church of New York. 

IV. 
"CENTENNIAL HYMN." 

Words by Chas. Poindexter; Music by J. E. Schmolzer, 
rendered by the chorus of three hundred voices, under Prof. C. 
L. Skigel, accompanied by the Marine Band. 



CENTENNIAL HYMN. 

Our fatlier.s" God, who on these ))lains 
Of old gave victory to our land, 
This day in gracious favor deigns 
To bless the labor of our hand. 
To Him let us our voices raise. 
In lofty hymns and notes of praise 
Onr grateful homage pay. 

His was the strength that nerved their heart 
In faith of battle for the right, 
He did the wisdom high impart 
That battled all the foeniau's might, 
And gave our land in days of yore 
Deliv'rance strong from trouble sore 
Of war and bitter strife. 

Built on foundation strong and deep 
The starry pointing shaft we rear. 
The form of mighty deeds to keep 
And tell to every coming year. 
So let us in our hearts upraise 
A monument of those brave days 
Of faith and victory. 



V. 

ADDKESS 

By thk president OF THE UNITED STATES. 

YI. 

Responses by Representatives of our 

FRENCH AND GERMAN GUESTS. 

VII. 

"CENTENNIAL ODE." 

Words by Paul H. Hayne, of South Carolina; Music by J. 

MosENTHAL, rendered by the chorus under Prof. Seigel, the 

accompaniment by the Marine Band. 

CENTENNIAL ODE. 

1. 

Hark, hark : dowvi the century's long reaching slope 
To those transports of triumph, those raptures of hope. 
The voices of main and of mountain combined. 
In glad resonance borne on the wings of the wind 
The bass of the drum and the trumpet that thrills 
Thro' the multiplied echoes of jubilant hills. 



ORDER OF EXERCISES. 



And mark '. how the years melting upwaidlikj' mist 

Whicli the breath of some splendid enchantress lias kissed, 

Reveal on the ocean, reveal on the shore, 

The proud pageant of conquest that graced them of yore. 

Where blended forever in love as in fame 

See! the standard which stole from tlie starlight it-^ tiatne. 

And type of all chivalry, glory, romance. 

The fair lilies, the luminous lilies of France. 

II. 

O ! stubborn the strife in the conflict was won ! 
And the wild whirling war-wrack half stifled the .^un. 
The thunders of cannon that boomed on the lea. 
But re-echoed far thunders pealed up from the sea — 
When guarding his sea-lists, a knight on the waves 
Bold De (irasse kept at bay the bluff Vmll-dogs of Graves, 
The day turned to darkness, the night changed to fire , 
Still more tierce waxed the combat, more deadly the ire, 
L'ndimmed by the gloom, in majestic advance. 
Ah! behold when they ride, o'er the red battle tide. 
Whose banners united in love or in fame 

The brave standard which drew from the star-beams their tiame. 
And type of all chivalry, glory, romance. 
The fair lilies, the luminous lilies of France. 

111. 

\o respite, no pause! By the York's tortured flood 

The gray lion of England is writhing in blood ! 

Cornwall is may chafe, and coarse Tarleton aver, 

.Vs he sharpens his broad sword and buckles his spur, 

" This blade, which so oft has reaped rebels like grain. 

Shall now harvest for death the riule yeomen again." 

Vain boast! for ere sunset he is flying in fear 

With the rebels he scouted close, close in Ins rear! 

The French on his flank hurl such volleys of shot 

That e'en Gloucester's redoubt must be growing too hot. 

(), wedded in love, as united in fame, 

See I the standard which stole from the starlight its flame. 

And type of all chivalry, glory, romance. 

The fair lilies, the luminous lilies of France. 

IV. 

<) ! morning superb when the siege reached its close ! 

See the sun dawn outbloom like the alchemist's rose ! 

The last wreaths of smoke from the trenches upenrled 

,\re transformed to a glory that smiles on the world. 

.loy, joy ! Save the wan, wasted front of the foe. 

With his battle-flags furled and his arms trailing low , 

Respect foi- the brave' In grim silence they yield, 

.Vnd in silence they pass with liowed heads from the tiell. 

Then triumph transeendaut ! So Titan of tone 

That some vowed it must startle King (ieorge on his throne. 



V. 

When Peace to her own timed tlie pulse of the land, 

And the war-weapon sank from the war-wearied hand, 

Young Freedom, upborne to the height of tlie goal 

She had yearned for .so long with deep travail of soul, 

A song of her future raised, thrilling and clear. 

Till the woods leaned to hearken, the hill-slopes to hear. 

Vet fraught with all magical gramieurs that gleam 

On the hero's high hope or the patriot's dream, 

]yitat Future, tho' Isriglit, in cold shadow shall east 

The stern beauty that halos the brow of the past. 

O I wedded in love as united in fame 

See the standard wliieh stole from the starlight its flame, 

And type of all chivalry, glory, romance. 

The fair lilies, the luminous lilies of France. 

VIII. 
SONG 

by Hakrison Millard, the composer and author of " God Save 
our President from Harm." 

IX. 

ORATION 

by Hon. Eobert C. Wixthrop, of Massachusetts. 

X. 

"THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER," 

by the chorus under Prof. Seigel, accompanied by Marine Band. 

XI. 

CENTENNIAL POEM 

by James Barkox Hope, of Virginia. 

XII. 

OVERTURE 

by Dodworth's 13th Regiment Band, of the National Guard 

of the State of New York. 



2 P. M. 

Or at the conclusion of the Ceremonies. 

Reception by tiie 

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 

and his Cabinet, the Guests of the Nation, and the Congressional 

Commission to the Military and public at La Fayette Hall. 



ORDER OF EXERCISES. 



4 P. M. 

GRAND CONCERT. 

AT GKAND STAND MONUMENT SITE, 

UY 

DODWORTH'S THIRTEENTH REGIMENT BAND, NEW YORK, 

Harvey B. Dodworth, - - . Conductor. 

PART 1. 

1. March — " Virginia " Dodworih. 

2. Overture — " Rienzi ' Wagne?-. 

8. MoRCEAU — "The Nightingale" Bartcns. 

(An Idyl for the Piccolo.) Signer A. Noziglia. 

4. Solo (Cornet) — " Casta Diva " — Norma Bellini. 

Signer A. Liberati. 

5. Collocation — " A Day in Camp " Dodworih. 

Being an adaptation of the following .\imy songs and calls: "All's 
Well," "Tenting on the Old Camp Ground," " Oft in the Stilly Kight," 
" Reveille," " Tlie Battle Cry of Freedom," " The Assembly," " Benny 
Havens, Oh," "Glory Hallelujah," "Breakfast Call," "Kingdom 
Coming," "Various ('amp Calls," "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp," Me.ss 
Call — "Roast Beef," " In the Louisiana Lowlands," " Dre.ss Parade 
and Review," " Retreat," "Marching Through Georgia," " Tattoo," 
"Annie Laurie," "Lights Out." Finn'c — "When Johnny Comes 
JLirching Home," "Three Cheers for the lied, White, and Blue," <fcc., 
and " To the Colors." 

PART II. 

(5. Collocation — "Reminiscences " From Meyerbeer. 

Improvising gems from " L'Africaine," " Le Prophete," " L'Etoile 
du Nord," " Pardon de I'loermel," "Robert Le Diable," and "Les 
Huguenots." The Solos by Messrs. Leiferth, Auld, and Gore. 

7. Solo — (Euphonium) — "Theme and Y&v\9ii\ons,'' -.Raffayolo. 

Signor Raffayolo. 

8. Solo — (Flute) — " Theme and Variations," "Spring, Gentle 

Spring " L. De Carlo. 

9. Solo — (Cornet) — Grand Fantasie Hartman. 

Signor A. Liberati. 

10. Collocation — " Buttercups " ^ Dodworih. 

Consisting of " To the love of my youth I'll be true," " I see her 
still in my dreams," " r)ot leetle <ierman band," " Eelecn," " Ten 
Thousand' Miles Away," "Johnny Morgan," "Grandfathers Clock," 
and " I'ancing in the Barn." 

AT THE MILITARY CAMP, 

HY THE 

WECCACOE LEGION CORNET BAND, 

S. H. Kindle, Leader. 

Dress Parade of RogularTroops in front of the pavilion in honor 
of the Guests. 



ORDER OP EXERCISES. 



7:30 P .M. 

PYROTECHNIC DISPLAY 

From a boat moored in the York River. 
1. Brilliant Illumination. 
2. Flight Rockets and Shells. 3. Chinese Sun. 

4. Rockets and Shells. 5. Battery. 6. Diamonds and Roses. 

7. " YORKTOWN." 

8. Rockets and Shells. 9. Saturn and Satellites. 

10. Fountains. 11. Batterj'. 

12. Race. Five Monitors. 

13. Falling Waters. 14. Rockets and Shells. 

15. Battery. IG. Fountains. 

17. Revolving Suns. 

IS. Battery. 19. Rockets and Shells. 

20. " Peace." 



8:30 P. M. 

PROMENADE CONCERT AND HOP, 

RECEPTION HALL, 

BOSTON CADET BAND. 

J. Thomas Baldwin, - - - - Conductor. 

PART I. 

1. Grand March — "Battle of Yorktown " Ntumann. 

2. Overture—" Ungarische Lustspeil " Kder Belo. 

3. Concert Waltz — " Shower of Gold "' WaldtenftL 

4. Cornet Solo — " Young America " Lecy. 

Performed in Unison by tlie Cornet. Soloists of the Band. 

5. Selections from " Rigolet to " Verdi. 

PART II. 

6. Duett for Two Cornets Gumbert. 

By Thomas W. Henry and Mace Gay, Jr. 

7. Potpourri — " Pretty as a Picture " Catlin. 

8. OvERTURK — " William" Tell " .Rossi?iL 

9. Gems from " Lucia de Lammemoor" Donizetti. 

10. Concert Galop — " Elegante " W'em. 



OHDKR OF K.\KI{('ISES. 




TMUKSDAY, OCTOBER 20. 

Grand Military and Naval Paradk and Kkvikw 

ISY THE 

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

of the 

Troops and otlier Organizations present under tlie Conimand of 

Major General WINFIELD S. HANCOCK, U. S. A. 



The order for the Parade will be issued by General Hancock, 
after taking ooinmnnd of the troops, on or about Oetober 18th. 



8. 

ft. 

10. 



8:30 P. M. 
PROMENADE CONCERT AND HOP, 

RECEPTION HALL. 

TENTH U. S. INFANTRY BAND, 

Thomas Rooers, - Leader. 

Parade March — " Proccs.sion " Ilartmann. 

Overture — " La Souveraine "' Hermayin. 

Selection — " Les Cloi-hes de Corneville " Planquete. 

Yalsk — " Venezia ' Drsormes. 

Aria — " I Lombard! " Verdi. 

Fantasia — "Une Soiree Musieale " Jiousquet. 

Valse — "German Love Songs".. Hitriniann. 

Selection — " La Fille de Mme. Angot " Lecocq. 

Duetto — " 0, Salutaris '■ Btmnet. 

Quadrille — " La Fete des Limps'' Bonsquet. 



ORDER OF EXERCISES. 




FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21. 



GKAND NAVAL REVIEW IN THE HARBOR, 

ISY THE 

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 

And Exercises of the Fleet, under the Command of 
Eear Admiral E. H. WYMAN, U. S. N. 



During the Day there will be Concerts as follow; 

8 A. M. 

AT MONUMENT SITE, 

BROWN'S BRIGADE BAND OF BOSTON. 
AT MILITARY CAMP, 

AMERICAN BAND OF PROVIDENCE, R. I. 

(For Programme see page 36.) 



ORDER OF EXERCISES. 



4 P. M. 

AT MONUMENT SITE, 

BAND OF THE THIRD NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 

AT MILITARY CAMP, 

BAND OF THE FIRST VERMONT REGIMENT. 



8 P. M. 
PROMENADE CONCERT AND HOP, 

KKCKPTION HALL, 

FIRST REGIMENT CONNECTICUT BAND. 

(For Programme Fee page 37.) 




YORKTOWN CELEBRATION. 17 

THE ORIGIN OF THE CELEBRATION. 



The movement to secure a National Celebration of the Centennial of the 
Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown and the erection of the monu- 
ment commemorative of the event, in compliance with the resolution 
adopted by the Continental Congress on the 29th of October, 1781, was 
inaugurated by M. Glennan, Esq., of Norfolk, Va., editor of the Norfolk 
Virginian. He first proposed the subject after the celebration of the 
Bunker Hill Centennial, in 1875, and again in 1876. During 1878 he 
opened correspondence with the late Hon. Hugh Blair Grigsby, president 
of the Virginia Historical Society and Chancellor of the College of William 
and Mary, in relation to the subject. This correspondence leading to no 
definite conclusion. Mr. Glennan, resolved, as the centennial of the great 
event was rapidly drawing near, to publicly advocate its celebration in the 
Virginian, consequently, on July 9th, 1879, the Virginian advocated a pre- 
liminary celebration of the 98th anniversary of the surrender, for the pur- 
pose of practically inaugurating proceedings leading to a successful national 
celebration. The Virginian, in the article alluded to, remarked : "The 
19th of October, 1881, will be the centennial anniversary of the capture of 
Cornwallis, and the American nation owes to itself and the memory of the 
men who achieved its liberties, that it should be celebrated with a pomp 
and circumstance worthy of the event it commemorates. Meanwhile the 
two yearly anniversaries of 1879 and 1880 should be recognized by the 
people of Virginia and fittingly commemorated, in anticipation of the 
national celebration, which we trust a grateful countr3' will decree, two 
years hence, in honor of the men who. On the plains of Yorktown, ^inis/ierf 
the war of Independence and established the United States of America." It 
called upon the press of the State to take up the cause. 

The Hampton Monitor of July 12th seconded the proposition of the 
Virginian, and the Philadelphia Record of July 18th heartily advocated 
the movement. Afterwards, the press in general responded. To further 
the project a meeting of the citizens at Yorktown was suggested, and on 
September 3d a mass meeting was held in that historic town, at which 
arrangements were made for a preliminary celebration, and at which a 
resolution was offered by Mr. Glennan, in order that the co-operation of 
the various States might be secured, recommending " that delegates from 
all the States be appointed to meet in Philadelphia to consider the subject." 
In order, also, that proniinence might be given to the proposed preliminary 
celebration, he proposed resolutions, which were adopted, respectfully re- 
questing the Secretary of the Navy "to order the fleet about to assemble 
in Hampton Roads for the purpose of a naval review, to be present in York 
river in front of Yorktown, on the occasion of the preliminary celebra- 
tion," and requesting the Secretary of War "to authorize General Getty, 



18 YORKTOWN CELEBRATION. 

commanding at Fortress Monroe, to participate with the troops under his 
command in the military observance of the same." 

These resolutions led to the meeting of the Governors in Philadelphia on 
the ISth of October, 1879, in response to a call of His Excellency Governor 
F. W. M. HoUiday, who had been invited by His Excellency Governor 
Henry M. Ho3't, of Pennsylvania, to call the meeting of the Governors of 
the original thirteen States at Independence Hall, in consideration of the 
fact that preliminary steps had been taken by Virginia. At this meeting 
of the Governors, Mr. Glennan, who had been deputed by the Yorktown 
meeting, was present and read the address prepared by the Committee of 
the Yorktown (local) Centennial Association, appealing for a National 
Centennial Celebration of the surrender. 

The Governors heartily endorsed the proposition, and recommended the 
appointment by the Governors of all the States of Commissioners from 
their respective States, for the purpose of creating an interest in the matter, 
and thus lead to an appropriate celebration. In compliance with this 
resolution Governor Hollidaj' appointed Mr. Glennan as the commissioner 
to represent Virginia, in appreciation of his services. 

The preliminary celebration, which was a grand and imposing affair, took 
place on the field of Yorktown, on Thursday, October 23, 1879. Fully ten 
thousand persons from all sections of the country participated. The mili- 
tary and naval displaj' was very imposing. The meeting was called to 
order by Dr. K. H. Powers, the President of the Yorktown (local) Centen- 
nial Association. Governor Hollidaj' presided, and delivered a patriotic 
address. Orations were delivered b}' General William B. Taliaferro, of 
Gloucester Count}', and Captain James Barron Hope, of Norfolk ; as also 
by Hon. John Goode, the Representative of the Second Virginia district in 
the United States Congress; by Colonel Sol Lincoln, representing Massa- 
chusetts ; General James W. Latta, representing Pennsylvania; Colonel 
J. N. Staples, representing North Carolina; Professor Eli Chandler, repre- 
senting the French Republic; Major W. A. Beamish, representing Eng- 
land, and Colonel J. E. Payton, of Haddenfield, New Jersey, who from the 
first was most active in all matters connected with the proposed celebration. 
At this meeting were adopted the following preamble and resolutions, 
offered by Mr. Glennan : 

" Whereas the people of the United States owe their existence as a nation 
to the Declaration of Independence, which pronounced 'Thwse United 
Colonies ' to be free and independent States ; and whereas that Declara- 
tion, the work of the Statesmen of the Revolution was duly made good 
and eflective by the deeds of the Continental soldiers, assisted by the illus- 
trious La Fayette and his generous countrymen ; and whereas the centen- 
nial anniversary of that Declaration has been justly and fittingly celebrated 
by the American people in Philadelphia assembled; and whereas it is meet 
and proper that the United States of America should bestow at least equal 
recognition and appreciation of tiie patriotism of the soldiers who by their 
valor established our Independence, as of the statesmen who formulated it; 
and whereas the victory won at Yorktown b}' George Washington and the 
Continental Army, with the assistance of our French allies, over Lord 
Cornwallis and the surrender of the British forces, practically ended the 
struggle for American Independence in our fn.vor ; and whereas the Con- 
gress of the United States at the time gratefully recognized the event and 



YORKTOWN CELEBRATION. 19 

testified their appreciation of the services rendered by a resolution provid- 
ing for a raonument to be erected at Yorktown on the site of the victory, 
to commemorate the valor of our soldiers and their allies of France ; and 
whereas the resolution has never yet been carried out ; and whereas it is 
eminently proper that the centennial anniversary of that great and de- 
cisive victory should be appropriately celebrated by the American people 
on the spot of its occurrence, and a suitable monument be erected to per- 
petuate the crowning victory of our struggle for independence ; now, there- 
fore, 

^'■Resolved 1. That this meeting, consisting of citizens from all sections 
of the United States, and of special representatives from the original 
thirteen States, are assembled for the purpose of taking preliminary steps 
toward a fit and appropriate observance of the Centennial anniversary of 
the surrender of Yorktown, heartily approve and endorse the recent action 
of the Governors of the thirteen original States at their meeting at Phila- 
delphia, on the occasion of the ninety-eighth anniversary of the event. 

" Resolved 2. That in conjunction with them we do 'commend to the peo- 
ple of the United States such a celebration of the Centennial anniversary of 
the surrender of Cornwaliis at Yorktown as shall befit the historic sig- 
nificance of that event and the present greatness of the nation.' 

" Resolved 3. That we call upon the Congress of the United States to give 
practical effect to the resolution oflered by Edmund Kandolph, of Virginia, 
on the 29th of October, 1781, and passed by the Continental Congress, viz : 
' Resolved-, That the United States, in Congress assembled, will cause to be 
erected at Yorktown, in Virginia, a marble column, adorned with emblems 
of the alliance between the United States and His Most High Christian 
Majesty, and inscribed with a succinct narrative of the surrender of Earl 
Cornwaliis to His Excellency General "Washington, Commander-in-Chief of 
the combined forces of America and France ; and to His Excellency Count 
DeRochambeau, commander of the military troops of His Most Christian 
Majesty in America, and His Excellency, the Count De Grasse, command- 
ing-in-chief the naval army of France in the Chesapeake.' 

" Resolved 4. That the Hon. John Goodc, Kepresentative of the Congres- 
sional district in Virginia, which embraces within its bounds the historic 
spot made famous by the event of the 19th of October, 1781, is hereby 
requested to bring the subject before the National Legislature at its next 
session, and urge the prompt and speedy fulfillment of the Nation's pledge, 
made nearly a century ago." 

At the opening of Congress, and in compliance with the resolutions 
adopted at the meeting, the Hon. John Goode presented the matter before 
the National Legislature, and prompt action was at once taken. A com- 
mittee, composed of a Senator and Member from each of the Colonial 
States, was appointed. The committee organized with Senator John W. -v,^ 
Johnston, of Virginia, as chairman. A bill was promptly reported, request- •) 
ing an appropriation of $100,000 for the erection of the monument and 
$20,000 to aid in the celebration, an additional appropriation of $20,000 
was afterwards made. The President of the French Republic, and the 
representatives of the families of La Fayette, Rochambeau, DeGrasse, and 
Steuben were invited to be present. A site on which to erect the monu- 
ment was selected, and a programme mapped out. The Hon. Robert C. 
Winthrop, of Massachusetts, was selected the orator for the occasion ; 
Captain James Barron Hope, editor of the Norfolk Landmark, the poet, 
and Paul H. Hayne, of South Carolina, selected to prepare the ode. The 
celebration promises to be one of the grandest events ever witnessed on this 
continent. 



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20 YORKTOWN CELEBRATION. 



AN ACT to carry into eftect the resolution of Consjress, adopted on the 
twenty-ninth day of October, seventeen hundred and eighty-one, in 
regard to a monumental column, at Yorktown, Virginia, and for other 
purposes. 

Whereas, pn Mondaj- the twenty-ninth day of October, seventeen hun- 
dred and eighty-one, it was resolved. That the United States in Congress 
assembled, will cause to be erected at York, in Virginia, a marble column, 
adorned with emblems of the alliance between the United Slates and His 
Most Christian Majesty ; and inscribed with a succinct narrative of the 
surrender of Earl Cornwallis to His Excellency, General Washingtorif 
Commander-in-Chief of the combined forces of America and France ; to 
His Excellency Count De Rochambeau, commanding the Auxiliary troops, 
of his most Christian Majesty in America ; and his Excellency Count De 
Grasse, commanding-in-chief the Naval Army of Franco in Chesapeake ; 
and 

"Whereas, the said resolution of Congress has not yet been carried into 
effect, although nearly one hundred years have elapsed since it was adopted ; 
Therefore, 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress, assembled, That the sum of one hundred 
thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same 
is, hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, to be expended, under the direction of the Secretary of War, 
in erecting at Yorktown, in Virginia, the monument referred to in the 
aforesaid resolution of Congress : Provided, however, That the material 
used may be such as the Secretary of War may deem most suitable and 
desirable. - 

Sec. 2. That a commission of three persons shall he appointed by the 
Secretary of War, whose duty it shall be, to recommend a suitable design 
for said monument ; to prepare a sketch of emblems of the alliance between 
His Most Christian Majesty and the United States ; and a succinct narra- 
tive of the surrender of Earl Cornwallis, to be inscribed on the same ; 
subject to the approval and adoption of the select committee of thirteen 
appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, on the nine- 
teenth of December, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and of thirteen 
Senators to be appointed by the presiding officer of the Senate, to inquire 
into the expediency of appropi-iating a suitable sum to be expended in erec- 
ting at Yorktown, in Virginia, the monument referred to. 

Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty of said joint committee to select the 
site for the location of said monument, to obtain the cession of the same 
from the State of Virginia, and to make all necessary arrangements for 
such a celebration by the American people, of the centennial anniversary 
of the battle of Yorktown, on the nineteenth of October, eighteen hundred . 
and eighty-one as shall befit the historical significance of that event, and 
the present greatness of the Nation. 

Skc 4. That the sum of twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as 
may be necessary, is hereb}' appropriated, out of any money in the Treas- 
uary not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of defraying the expenses 
incurred in the said centennial celebration, and to be disbursed, under the 
direction of the said joint committee. 

Approved, June 7, 1880. 






YORKTOAVN CELEBRATION. 21 

THE YORKTOWN CENTENMAL COMMISSION. 

Created by the Act of Congress of June 7, 1880. 



Chairman: Hon. John AV. .Johnston, U. !S. S., Virginia. 
Secretary: Captain .John S. Tucker, Virginia. 



Hon. E. H. Rollins, U. S. S New Hampshire. 

Hon. H. L. Dawes, U. S. S Massachusetts. 

Hon. H. B. Anthony, U S. S Khodc Island. 

Hon. W. W. Eaton, U. S. S Connecticut. 

Hon. Francis Kernan, U. S. S New York. 

Hon. T. F. Randolph, U. S. S New Jersey. 

Hon. AVilliam A. Wallace, U. S. S Pennsylvania. 

Hon. T. F. Bayard, U. S. S Delaware 

Hon. William Pinckney Whyte, U .S. S Maryland. 

Hon. Matthew W. Ransom, IT. S. S North Carolina. 

Hon. M. C. Butler, IT. S. S South Carolina. 

Hon. Benjamin H. Hill, U. S. S Georgia. 

Hon. John Goode, M. C Virginia. 

Hon. Joshua G. Hall, M, C New Hampshire. 

Hon. George B. Loring, M. C Massachusetts. 

Hon. N. W. Aldrich, M. C Rhode Island. 

Hon. Joseph R. Hawley, M. C Connecticut. 

Hon. Nicholas Muller, M. C New York. 

Hon. L. A. Brigham, M. C New Jersey. 

Hon. Samuel B. Dick, M. C Pennsylvania. 

.Hon. E. L. Martin, M. C ^^ Delaware. 

Hon. J. F. C. Talbott, M. C Maryland. 

Hon. .Joseph J. Davis, M. C- North Carolina. 

Hon. John .S. Richardson, M. C South Carolina. 

Hon. Henry Persons, M. C Georgia. 



Master of Ceremonies. 

Colonel Henry C. Corbin, Assistant Adjutant General U. S. Army. 
Secretary to Master of Ceremonies: F. T. Wilson. 



Board of Officers Appointed by the Secretary of War 
under the act of congress of june 7, 1880. 

Colonel William P. Craighill, Major Corps Engineers, U. S. A. 
Colonel L. C. Forsythe, Captain and Ass't Quartermaster, U. S. A. 



22 yorktown celebration. 

Commander of the Forces. 

Major General "Wixfikli> S. Haxcock, U. S. Army. 



Commander of the Fleet. 

Kear Admiral R. H. "Wyman", U. S. Navy. 



COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED BY GOVERNORS OF STATES. 

Hon. Moses White Tennessee. 

Majors. P. Hamilton South Carolina. 

Hon. Milo P. Jewett. L.L. D. Wisconsin. 

Hon. Irving W. Stanton Colorado. 

Capt. John Milledge Georgia. 

Hon. B. F. Hart Iowa. 

Hon. James W. Farley, U. S. S. California. 

Hon. W. D. Washburne, M. C. Minnesota. 

Hon. H. G. Blasdel Nevada. 

Col. Thos. Snell Illinois. 

Hon. Samuel B. Churchill Kentucky. 

Gen. D. B. Fry Alabama. 

Hon. R. B. Peebles North Carolina. 

Hon. Philo Parsons Michigan. 

Gen. Lewis Perrine New Jer.<!ey. 

Hon. Jas. W. Patterson New Hampshire. 

Hon. John A. King New York. 

Col. E. P. Mattocks Maine. 

Col. M. Glennan Virginia. 

Hon. Jas. L. D. ^Morrison Missouri. 

General J. F. Hartranft Pennsylvania. 

Hon. W. H. English Indiana. 

Hon. E. F.Ware Kansas. 

Hon. R. A. Gamble Florida. 

Gen. W. H. Bulkeley Connecticut. 

Hon. B. F. Biggs Delaware. 

Major J. L. Barstow Vermont. 

Rev. J. P. DuHamel, (acting) Oregon. 

Gen. Jas. R. Chalmers Mississippi. 

Col. Sol. Lincoln, Jr Massachusetts. 

Gen. H. Rogers Rhode Island. 

Hon. James D. Walker, XJ. S. S Arkansas. 

Hon. Geo. W. Thompson West Virginia. 

Judge M. A. Dougherty Ohio. 

Col. H. S. Taylor ' — Maryland. 

Dr. W. J. C. DuHamel District of Columbia. ■ 



YORKTOWN CELEBRATION. 23 



M)\u Mmimmi 



The Commission of Artists, as provided by the Act of June 7, 1880, were 
apf)Ointed by the Secretary of "War, in letters dated July 22, 1880, and con- 
sisted of K. M. Hunt, of New York ; J. Q. A. Ward, of New York; and 
Henry Van Brunt, of Boston. The Commission, in submitting the design 
and model, which has been accepted by the Secretary of War and the Com- 
mission of Congress, and which will be the form of the column to be erected 
at Yorktown, remark: 

" From the point of view of sentiment, this monument is tntended to con- 
vey, in architectural language, the idea, set forth in the dedicatory inscrip- 
tion, that, by the victory at Yorktown, the independence of the United States 
of America was achieved, or brought to final accomplishment. 

" The four sides of the base contain, first, an inscription dedicating the 
monument as a memorial of the victory; second, an inscription presenting 
a succinct narrative of the siege, prepared in accordance with the original 
archives in the Department of State; third, the treaty of alliance with the 
King of France ; and, fourth, the treaty of peace with the King of Eng- 
land. In the pediments over these four sides respectively, are presented, 
carved in relief, first, emblems of nationality; second, emh\enis of war; 
third, emblems of the alliance; and, fourth, emblems of peace. 

"The base is thus devoted to the historical statement; it explains the 
subsequent incidents of the monumental composition, which are intended 
solely to appeal to the imagination. The immediate result of the historical 
events, written upon the base, was the happy establishment of a national 
union of thirteen, youthful, free and independent States. To celebrate this 
joyful union the sculptor has represented upon the circular podium, which 
arises from the' base, a solemn dance of thirteen typical female figures, 
hand-in-hand, encircling the drum, which bears upon a belt beneath their 
feet the words, 'One country, one constitution, one destiny.' It is a symbol 
of the birth of freedom. 

" The column which springs from this podium may be accepted as the 
symbol of the greatness and prosperity of the nation after a century of 
various experience, when thirty-eight free and independent States are shin- 
ing together in mighty constellation. It is the triumphant sign of the ful- 
filment of the promise — an expression of the strength and beauty of the 
Union ; but the powerful nation does not forget the remote beginning of its 




THE YORKTOWN MONUMENT. 



YORKTOWN CELEBRATION. 25 

prosperity, and, in the midst of its shining stars, bears aloft the shield of 
Yorktown covering the branch of peace. 

" As the existence of the nation is a proof of the possibility of a govern- 
ment of the people by the people for the people, the column, thus adorned, 
culminates with Liberty herself, star crowned, and welcoming the people of 
all nations to share equally with us the fruits of our peace and prosperity." 

THE PRINCIPAL DIMENSIONS 

of the Monument, taken from the drawing and model in the possession of 
Col. W. P. Craighill, Engineer Corps, U. S. Army, who by direction of 
the Secretary of War, will supervise its construction, divided for the pur- 
pose of a plain understanding by the reader into — 1. The " Base ;" 2. The 
"Podium," or drum supporting the thirteen dancing figures; 3. The 
"Shaft," or upright column; 4. The "Capital," resting directly on the 
final course of the column; 5. The "Pedestal," which supports the figure 
surmounting the monument; and, 6. The " Figure," are in height as fol- 
lows: 

Base, 25 feet 8 inches. 
Podium, 14 feet 4 inches. 
Shaft, 35 feet 1 inch. 
Capital, 5 feet 4 inches. 
Pedestal, 3 feet 9 inches. 
Figure, 11 feet 4 inches. 

Making the total height from the bottom of the Base, resting on the surface 
of the ground, to the top of the Figure, 95 feet '6 inches. The bottom of 
the base covers a surface area of 945.56 feet. The area for inscriptions on 
each side of the Base is 15,680 square inches. The greatest diameter of the 
Podium is 9 feet 3 inches. The height of the thirteen figures surrounding 
the Podium is 8 feet ; the diameter of the Shaft at the bottom, 5 feet 5 inches, 
and at the top 5 feet. 

The inscriptions on the base of the Monument are to be as follows: 

[ X o R T H . ] 

Erected 

In pursuance of 

A Resolution of Congress, approved October 27, 1781, 

and one approved June 7, 1880, 

To commemorate the victory 

by which 

The Independence of the United States of America 

was achieved. 



26 YORKTOWN CELEBRATION. 

[sou T II.] 

At York town on October 19, 1781, 

After !i siege of nineteen days. 

By 5,500 Americans ; 7,000 French Infantry of the Line, 

3,500 Militia, under command of Gov. Thomas Nelson, 

and 36 French Ships of the Line, 

Earl Cornwallis, 

Commander of the British forces at Yorktown and Gloucester, 

Surrendered the Army, 

7,251 oflScers and men; 840 seamen ; 244 cannon and 24 standards, 

To his Excellency, George Washington, 

Commander-in-Chief of the combined forces of America and France; 

To his Excellency the Counte de Rochambeau, 

Commanding the Auxiliary troops of his Christian Majesty in America, 

And to his Excellency the Conte de Grasse, 

Commanding-in-Chief the Naval Army of France in Chesapeake. 

[west.] 

The Treaty, 

Concluded February 6, 1778, 

Between the United States of America 

And Louis XVI, King of France, 

Declares 

The essential and direct end 

Of the present Defensive Alliance, 

Is to maintain effectively 

The Liberty, Sovereignty, and Independence. 

Absolute and Unlimited, 

Of the said United States, 

As well in matters of Government as of Commerce. 

[east.] 
The Provisional Articles of Peace, 

Concluded November 30, 1782, 

And the Definite Treaty of Peace, 

Concluded September 3, 1873, 

Between the United States of America 

And George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 

Declares : 

His Britannic Majesty acknowledges the said United States, 

Viz: New Hampsliirf, Massachasetts Bay, Rhode Islaad, and ProTideoce Plaatations, 

Connecticut, New York, New .Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, 

Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, 

South Carolina and Georgia, 

To be Free and Sovereign and Independent States. 



VISITING MILITARY. 27 



HBtingnisffed ^nest§ 

AND VISITING MILITARY. 



His Excellency CHESTER A. ARTHUR, 

President of the United States. 

THE CABINET. 



THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. 



THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 



The Chief Justice and the Associate Justices. 



General William T. Sherman .... General of the Army. 
Lieutenant General Philip H. Sheridan. 
Major General Irwin McDowell, U. S. Array. 
Major General John M. Schofield, U. S. Army. 
Brigadier General 0. O. Howard, U. S. Army. 
Brigadier General John Pope, U. S. Army, 
Brigadier General Alfred H. Terry, U. S. Array. 
Brigadier General George Crook, U. S. Army. 



Admiral David D. Porter Admiral of the Navy. 

Vice Admiral Stephen C. Rowan, U. S. Navy. 
Rear Admiral John Rodgers, U. S. Navy. 
Rear Admiral John L. Worden, U. S. Navy. 
Rear Admiral C. R. P. Rodgers, U. S. Navy. 
Rear Adrairal Thomas H. Patterson, U. S. Navy. 
Rear Adrairal E. T. Nichols, U. S. Navy. 
Rear Admiral D. McN. Fairfax, U. S. Navy. 



28 DISTINGUISHED GUESTS AND 

OFFIt'ERS OF THE ArMY AND NaVY. 



The Diplomatic Corfs. 



The Governors of every State ix the Union. 



The Mayors of the Principal Cities. 



Ex-President Ulysses S. Grant. 
Ex-President Rutherford B. Hayes. 
Ex-Vice-President Hannibal Hamlin. 
Ex- Vice-President Schuyler Colfax. 
Ex-Vice-President William A. Wheeler. 



OUR FOREIGN GUESTS. 



Le Commandant LEICHTEN STEIN, representing the President 
of the French Republic. 



The IPrench Embassy at Washington. 

M. Maxime Outrey, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, 
M. Philippe Berard, Third Secretary. 
M. Grimand De Caux, Chancellor. 



Represe7iting the Foreign Office. 

Le Marquis Dk Rocuambeau. 

M. De Corcelle, Secretary of Embassy. 



Representing the War Office. 

General George Ernest Boulanger. 
Colonel Hippolyte William Bossan. 
Lieutenant Colonel Blondel. 
Major Octavk Gilbert de Pusy. 
Captain St. George Tucker Mason. 



VISITING MILITARY. 29 

Representing the Marine. 

Admiral Halliqon. 

Captain Cavalier Dk Cuverville. 

Two Captains of Vessels of the Line. 

Two Captains of Frigates. 

Two Lieutenants of Vessels. 



Representing the Bureau of Arts. 
M. Regamy. 



Descendants of French Officers. 

Lieutenant the Count De Grasse. 

Count Alfred De Noailles. 

Viscount De St. Simon. 

Count De Chabannes La Palice. 

Count J. C. De Chastellux. 

Count Laur de Lestrade. 

Captain Henry D'Aboville. 

M. Christian D'Aboville. 

M. De Menonville, Captain of Cuirassiers. 

M. Jean De Chatillon. 

M. D'Olonnes. 

M. De Haussonville. 

M. Clermont Tonnere De Naudreuil. 



Descendwits of Baron Steuben. 

Colonel Von Steuben, 76th Regiment, Heldsheim. 
Captain Von Steuben, 4th Regiment Guards, Spandan. 
Captain Von Steuben, 8th Regiment, Frankfort on the Oder. 
Lieutenant Von Steuben, 22d Regiment, Rastadt. 
Lieutenant Von Steuben, 39th Regiment, Dusseldorf. 
Lieutenant Von Steuben, 74th Regiment, Heldsheim. 



(For Sketch of Foreign Guests, see page 148.) 



30 DISTINGUISHED QUESTS AND 

Major General WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK, 

United States Army, 
Commanding all Military Forces on the Field. 



STAFF. 

Captain John S. Wharton, 19th Infantry, 
Aide -de- Cam]'). 

First Lieutenant G. S. C. Ward, 22d Infantry, 
Aide-de- Camp. 

Major William G. Mitchell, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 

Major Richard Arnold, 5th Artillery, 
Acting Assistant Inspector General. 

Major Asa Bird Gardner, 
Judge Advocate. 

" Lieutenant Colonel Alexander J. Perry, 

Deputy Quartermaster General, U. S. Army, Chief Quarter- 
master. 

Lieutenant Colonel H. F. Clarke, 

Asst. Commissary General of Subsistence, U. S. Army, 

Chief Commissary of Subsistence. 

Colonel John M. Cuyler, 
Surgeon, U. S. Army, Medical Director. 

Lieutenant Colonel Chas. T. Larned, 
Deputy Paymaster General, Chief Paymaster. 



VISITING MILITARY. 31 



iltc pcgulaK ^nttg. 



Brevet Brigadier General HENRY B. GLITZ, Colonel, 10th 
U. S. Infantry, Commanding. 

STAFF. 

First Lieut. John F. Stretch, Adjutant, 10th U. S. Infantry. 

First Lieut. Gregory Barrett, Jr., Quartermaster, 10th U. S. Infantry. 

Surgeon J. H. Jane'way', U. S. Army, Senior Medical Officer. 

Captain Joseph P. Sanger, 1st U. S. Artillery, Ordnance Officer. 

First Lieut. Edmund M. Cobb, 2d U. S. Artillery, Commissary Subsistence. 

Assistant Surgeon, J. P. Worthington, U. S. Army. 



BATTALION FIRST U. S. ARTILLERY. 

Major R. T. Frank, Commanding. 

BATTERY C. 

Captain: Tully jMcRea. 

First Lieut. : W. P. Van Ness. 

BATTERY E. 

Captain: Frank E. Taylor. 
First Lieut. : Robert H. Patterson. First Lieut. : John Pope, Jr. 

Second Lieut. : Charles J. Bailey. 

BATTERY F. 

Captain : Chandler P. Eakin. 
Second Lieut. : Adam Slaker. 

BATTERY L. 

Captain: Alanson M. Randol. 
First Lieut. : Fred'k C. Nichols. 

FIRST ARTILLERY BAND. 



32 DISTINGUISHED GUESTS AND 

BATTALION SECOND U. 8. ARTILLERY. 

Captain F. B. HAMii/roN, First U. S. Artillery, Commanding. 
Assistant Surgeon J. V. R. Hoff, U. S. Arnij-, (Attached.) 



BATTERY B. 

Captain : John M. McGilvray. 
First Lieut.: E. T. C. Richmond. First Lieut.: W. P. Edgerton. 

BATTERY C. 

Cavtain : Wm. V. Graves. 
First Lieut. : J. E. Eastman. Second Lieut. : Lostus Niles. 

BATTERY I. 

Captain: F. B. Hamilton. 

First Lieut. : Thomas D. Maurice. 

BATTERY K. 

Captain : John F. Calef. 
First Lieut. : Frank C. Grugan. Second Lieut. : Wm. A. Simpson. 

SECOND ARTILLERY BAND. 



BATTALION THIRD U. S. ARTILLERY. 

Lieut. Col. G. A. DeRussy, Third U. S. Artillery. Commanding. 

First Lieut. J. D. C. Hoskins, 3d IT. S. Artillery, Adjutant. 
First Lieut. Edward Davis, 3d U. S. Artillery, Quartermaster. 



BATTERY D. 

Captain: John G. Turnbull. 

First Lieut. : Charles Sellmer. First Lieut. : John E. Myers. 

Secotid Lieut. : G. T. Bartlett. 

BATTERY G. 

Captain: George F. Bar.«tow. 
First Lieut. : Charles Humphries. 



MILITARY VISITORS. 33 

BATTERY I. 

Captain: John K. Myrick. 
First Lieut. : Wm. A. Kobbe, Jr. Second Lieut. : D. J. Rumbough. 

BATTERY K. 

Captain : Lewis Smith. 

Fi7-st Lieut. : Charles W. Hobbs. Second Lieut. : Wilbur Loverido^e. 

THIRD ARTILLERY BAND. 

Note. — Since the foregoing report of the Second Artillery was printed, 
Batteries B and C have been withdrawn from the detail and the following 
Batteries substituted : 

BATTERY L, SECOND U. S. ARTILLERY. 

Captain : J. I. Rodger s. 
First Lieut. : N. Wolfe. First Lieut. : H. A. Reed. 

BATTERY I, FIFTH U. S. ARTILLERY. 

Captain : G. W. Crabb. 
First Lieut. : W. B. McCalium. First Lieut. : G. N. Whistler. 



LIGHT BATTERY A, SECOND U. S. ARTILLERY. 

Captain : A. C. M. Pennington. 

First Lieut.: A. D. Schenck. First Lieut.: Edwin S. Curtis. 

Second Lieut.: E M. Weaver, Jr. Second Lieut.: M. C. Richards. 

Assistant Surgeon: Walter Reed^ U. S. A., Attached. 

LIGHT BATTERY C, THIRD U. S. ARTILLERY. 

. Captain: William Sinclair. 
Fir.st Lieut.: R. D. Potts. Fir.st Lieut.: John B. Eaton. 

Second Lieut.: C. B. Satterlee. 
Assistant Surgeon: H. G. Burton, U. S. A., Attached. 

DETACHMENT OF LIGHT BATTERY K, FIRST U. S. 
ARTILLERY. 

First Lieut. Allyn Capron, Commanding. 
Second Lieut. Adam Si.akkr, First Artillery. 

3 



34 DISTINGUISHED GUESTS AND 

BATTALION TENTH U. S. INFANTRY. 

Captain Wm. L. Kellogg, 10th U. S. Infantry, Commanding. 

COMPANY A. 

Captain: F. ('. Lacey. 
First Lieut.: C. 8. Burbank. Second I/ieut.: L. Y. Seyburn. 

COMPANY D. 

Caj^tain : E. E. Sellers. 
First Lieut. : W. Y. Duggan. Second Lieut. : E. H. Plummer. 

COMPANY E. 

Captain : Sumner H. Lincoln. 
Second Lieut. : Thomas J. Clay. Second Lieut. : Donsild Winston. 

COMPANY F. 

Captain: R. M. Hall. 
Second Lieut. : Henry Kirbj'. 

COMPANY H. 

Captain: William L. Kellogg. 

First Lieut.: C. E. Bettsford. Second Lieut.: Robert C. Van Vliet. 

TENTH U. S. INFANTRY BAND. 



'ctmiSDlviwia. 



Pennsylvania has encountered many obstacles in the ettort to send a 
representation of the National Guard to Yori<town. The State Legislature 
made timely appropriation, and her indefatigable Adjutant General, Genera] 
Latta, entering into the spirit of the occasion, made timely arrangement? 
for the transportation, «&c., of a Brigade of Militia. At the last moment 
these arrangements were seriously retarded by the failure of the transporta- 
tion lines to carry out their contract, they submitting to a forfeiture rather 
than fulfil their agreement. Notwithstanding this discouraging situation 
General Latta entered at once into new agreements, with the result of 
landing a decreased, but selected, force of seven hundred men on the shores 
where the Pennsylvania line fought so valiantly a hundred years ago. 
Her representation, so far as reported, is as follows : — the delay above men- 
tioned having prevented tiie selection of troops in time for this publication. 



VISITING MILITAKY. 35 

His Excellency HENEY M. HOYT, Govkknok. 

Brigadier General James W. Latta, Adjutant General. 

Lieutenant Colonel D. Stanley Hassinger, Assistant Adjuta?it General. 

Colonel Thomas J. Smith, Comminsary General. 

Lieutenant Colonel William M. Bunn, Assistant Co7nmissary General. 

Colonel Elisha A. Hancock, (Quartermaster General. 

Lieutenant Colonel Jacob C. Kintxer, Asst. Quarter'niaster General. 

Colonel LoULs W. Keed, Surgeon General. 

Colonel A. Wilson Norris, Judge Advocate General. 

Colonel Chas. M. Conyngham, Inspector General. 

Colonel John S. Kiddle, General Inspector Rifle Practiee. 

Colonel James D. Walker, Chief of Artillery. 

Lieutenant Colonel W. Eoss Hartshorne, Aide-de-Caynp. 

Lieutenant Colonel N. A. Pennypacker, " 

Lieutenant Colonel Galloway C. Morris, " 

Lieutenant Colonel David F. Houston, •' 

Lieutenant Colonel Albert W. Taylor, •' 

Lieutenant Colonel B. Frank Eshleman, " 

Lieutenant Colonel John Lowrie, " 

Lieutenant Colonel Walter W. Ames, " 

Lieutenant Colonel J. Ford Dorrance, " 

Lieutenant Colonel Frederick E. Embick, '• 

Lieutenant Colonel Urial G. Schoonmaker, " 

Lieutenant Colonel HiraKi H. Fisher, " 

THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF EEPEESENTATIVES. 

The Judges of the Supreme Court. 

The Judges of the Lower Courts. 

The Mayors of the Cities of Pennsylvania. 

Major General John F. Hartranft, Commanding Division Pennsylvania 
National Guard. 

Lieutenant Colonel George H. North, Assistant Adjutant General. 

Lieutenant Colonel Charles S. Greene, Division (Quartermaster. 

Lieut-natit Colonel Aaron K. Dunkkl, Division Pu.ipnaster. 

Lieutenant Colonel IIusskll Thayer, Dioision Inspector. 

Lieutenant Colonel J. Ewing Mears, Division Surgeon. 

Lieutenant Colonel E. Wallace Matthews, Division Ordnance Officer. 

Lieutenant Colonel Silas W. Pettit, Divisioti Judge Advocate. 

Lieutenant Colonel George Sanderson, Jr., Inspector Rifle Practice. 

MHJor William F. Aull, Aide-de-Cmnp. 

JSlajor S. S. Hartranft, Aide-de-Camp. 

Major Edward O. Shakespeare, Aide-de-Camp. 

Major Hendry, Aide-de-Camp. 



PROGRAMME OF CONCERT 

BY THK 

AMERICAN BAND OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND. 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21.st, 

8 A. M., 

At Military Camp. 



D. W. Reeves, Director. 

1. March — " The Flag " Reeves. 

2. Overture — " Zampa '" Herold. 

3. Cornet Solo — " Arbuckleman " TIartmann. 

Mr. B. R. Church. 

4. Grand Selection — "Lucia" Do7inizeiti. 

5. War Memories — " A Day in Camp in 1862" Reeves. 

6. Caprice Militaire Hertzelle. 

7. Medley — Songs of the Day. 

8. Polka Caprk.-e — " Golden Robin " Bosquet. 

9. Le Revil du Lion (Awakening of the Lion) Kontsky. 

10. Finale — " La IJelle Francais " Dias. 



PROGRAMME OF CONCERT 



FIRST REGIMENT CONNECTICUT BAND. 

FEIDAY, OCTOBER 21st, 

8 P. M., 

At Keception Hall. 



W. C. Spary, ... Leader and Director. 



1. Grand March — " Tanhauser " Hare. 

2. Overture — "Jubel" Bach. 

3. Waltz — " Golden Shower '' Waldienfel. 

4. Grand Selection — " Aiilla " Verdi. 

5. Young America Polka Levy. 

Performed by Mr. Gould. 

6. Artillerist Oath Bach. 

7. Grand Medley — " Hundred Years Ago " Rollinson. 

8. Grand March — "Queens" Revier. 

9. American Hymn Keller. 



38 DISTINGUISHED (JUKSIS AND 






New Jersey, which contributed " Monmouth," •' Princeton," and " Tren- 
ton " to the glorious deeds of the Kevolution, and whose sons were found on 
every field, and joined in the final charge to victory, has been active in 
contributing toward the celebration of the anniversary, and sends to York- 
town, besides her Grovernor and eminent citizens, a selected Battalion of her 
National Guard. They are accompanied by one of the finest Military bands 
in the State. Her delegation includes — 

His Excelt.kncy GEORGE C. LUDLOW, Goveknok. 

Brevet Major Gen. William S. Strykek, Actjutaiit General. 
Brevet Major Gen. Lewis Ferine, Quar-tennaster General. 
Brig. Gen. Thomas R. Varick, Surrjeon Ge^ieral. 
Brig. Gen. Willougiiby Weston, Inspector General. 
Brig. Gen. Bird W. Spencer, Jnapeetor Rifle Practice. 
Colonel Garret Ackerson, Judge Adoocate General. 
Colonel William E. Hoy, Aide-de-Gamp . 
Colonel Edward A. Stevens, " • 
Colonel EcKFORD Moork " 

Colonel John W. Romaine, " 



Major General Gkrsham Mott. Commanding Natiunal Guard of 
New Jersej'. 

Colonel Daniel Loder Assistant Adjutant General. 

Colonel Edward L. Welling Surgeon. 

Lieut. Colonel Charles N. C. Murphy Paymaster. 



Brevet Major General Joseph W. Plume, Commanding First Brigade. 

N. J. N. G. 

Lieut. Colonel Marvin Dodd Assistant Adjutant General. 

Lieut. Colonel George E. P. Howard Inspector. 

Lieut. Colonel A. Judson Clark Inspector Rifle Practice. 



VISITING MILITARY. 39 

Brevet Major General Wm. J. Sewall, Commandinsf Second Brigade. 

N. J. N. G. 

Lieut. Colonel Thomas S. Chambers Asst. Adjutant Gen. 

Lieut. Colonel Daniel B. Murphj' Inspector. 

Major William M. Palmer Quartermaster. 



NEW JERSEY BATTALION, NATIONAL GUARD. 

HEADQUARTEES, TRENTON. 

Brevet Brig. Gen. E. Bukd Grubb, Commanding. 

The officers of the Battalion had not been selected at time of going to 
press. 



Wmamn. 



Owing to the Legislature of Wisconsin having provided merely for the 
"Governor and his Military Staff" to attend, there will be no troops pres- 
ent from that State. The delegation includes the Governor and Staff, the 
State Commissioners, and Colonel W. H. Hamilton, a grandson of Alex- 
ander Hamilton, who commanded a battalion on the field of Yorktown. 
They are as follows : 

His Excellency WILLIAM E. SMITH, Governor. 

Brigadier General Edwin E. Bryant, Adjutant General. 

Brigadier General Geo. E. Bryant, Puymfister General. 

Brigadier General Hexry Palmer, Surgeon General. 

Colonel D. E. Camp, Alde-de-Camp. 

Colonel Gko. W. Burchard, Alde-de-Camp. 

Colonel F. J. Ries, " 

Colonel Jerome A. Watrous, " 

Colonel George Tonnar, " 

Colonel Nicholas Smith, " 

Colonel Grant A. Smith, " , 

Lieutenant Colonel Chandler P. Chapman, AvU-do-Camp. 



40 DISTlN(iUISHED GUESTS AND 



povtli CiivaUtta. 



The old North State, within whose borders the marauding troops of 
Cornwallis roved back and forth during the eventful campaign of 1780-'81, 
and which contributed the stubbornly contested field of Guildford Court 
House to the annals of the Revolution, sends her highest dignitaries and 
a large body of her organized citizen soldiery to represent her on the his- 
toric plains where the marauder met his fate. Her representation is as 
follows : 

His ExcELi.KxcY THOMAS J. JARVIS, Governor. 

Brig. Gen. Johnston Jones, Adjutant General, CJdef of Staff. 

Colonel A. B. Andrew.s, Aide-dc-Camp. 

Colonel W. P. Koberts, •' 

Colonel John N. Staples, " 

Colonel Harry N. Skinner, ■' 

Captain John M. Roberts, " 

Colonel Francis H. Cameron, Inspector General. 

Colonel F. W. Kerchner, Quarte7-master General. 

Colonel Peter E. Hines, Surgeon General. 

Lieutenant Colonel P. F. Pesaud, Assistant Adjutant General. 

Lieutenant Colonel T. F. Olds, Ordnance Ojficer. 



FIRST REGIMENT NORTH. CAROLINA 
NATIONAL GUARD. 

Colonel R. D. Hancock, Commanding. 

First Lieutenant N. BA(iosTiNE, Adjutant. 
Captain P. H. Andrews, Quartermaster. 
Captain Washington Bry.vn, Commissary. 
' Captain J. M. Baker, Surgeon. 
Captain N. M. Jurney, Chaplam. 



VISITING MILITARY. 41 

COMPANY A. 

Raleigh Light Infantry. 

[Organized 1874.] 

Captain: .John K. Ferrall. 

First Lieut. : John T. PuUen. Second Lieut. : John M. Sherwood. 

Junior Second Lieut.: Charles D. Upchurch. 

40 men. 

COMPANY B. 

Newbern Grays. 

[Organized 1875.] 

Fir.^t Lieut.: Green Bryan. 

Secund Lieut.: Jos. H. Haci<burn. Junior Second Lieut.: Geo. A. Oliver. 

32 men. 

COMPANY D. 

Goldsboro Rifles. 

[Organized 1877.] 

Captain: J. E. Peterson. 

First Lieut.: T. Howard Bain. Second Lieut.: Wm. T. Holloweli. 

Junior Second Lieut.: Edward T. Hudson. 

36 men. 

COMPANY E. 

Orange Guards of Hillsboro. 

[Organized 1877.] 

Major : H. P. .Tones, Commanding. 

First Lieut.: A.J.Gordon. Second Lieut.: W.Anderson. 

Junior Second Lieut.: E. Kosemond. 

35 men. 

COMPANY F. 

Edgecombe Guards of Tarboro. 

[Organized 1877.] 

First Lieut.: Exum Lewis. 

Second Lieut.: J. C. Powell. Junior Second Lieut.: .1. G. Paris. 

36 men. 



42 DISTINGUISUED GUESTS AND 

COMPANY G. 

Washington Light Infantry. 

[Organized 1878.] 

Captain: D. N. Bogart. 
Fimt Lieut.: Charles F. Warren. Second Lieut.: Edward Long. 

36 men. 



SECOJN^D REGIMENT NORTH CAROLINA 
NATIONAL GUARD. 

Colonel Albert H. Worth, Commanding. 

First Lieutenant Kobkrt S. Huske, Adjutant. 
Captain Francis M. Caldwell, Commissary. 
Captain W. T. Ennett, Surgeon. 
Captain A. A. Benton, Chaplain. 

COMPANY A. 

Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry. 

[Organized 1793.] 
Major A. A. McKethan, Commanding. 

First Coptain: Ralph B. Lutterloh. 

Second Capt. : John A. MrLaughlin. Third Copt.: W. F. Campbell. 

Fourth Capt. : Thomas B. Broadfoot. 

36 men. 

COMPANY B. 

La Fayette Light Infantry of Fayetteville. 

[Organized 1856.] 

Captain : Edward P. Powers. 

First Lieut. • W. S. Cook. Second Lieut. : James W. McNeill. 

Jxmior Second Lieut. : D. A. McMillan. 

36 men. 



VISITING MILITARY. 43 

COMPANY C. 

Wilmington Light Infantry. 

[Organized 1853.] 

Captain : John L. Cantwell. 

First Lieut. • Thomas C. James. Second Lieut. : W. J. Gordon. 

Junior Second Lieut.: James C. Munds. 

36 men. 

COMPANY D. 

Duplin Rifles. 

[Organized 1881.] 

Captain: James G. Kennan. 

40 men. 

COMPANY E. 

Hornet's Nest Riflemen of Charlotte. 

[Organized 1876.] 

Captain: E. F. Young. 
Second Lieut. : 0. W. Badger. Junior Second Lieut.: A. T. Moss. 

40 men. 

COMPANY H. 

Mecklinburg Riflemen of Sugar Greek. 

[Organized 1877.] 
Captain: W. J. McLaughlin. 
First Litut. : N. S. Alexander. Second Lieut.: N. P. Liles. 

• 32 men. 

COMPANY K. 

Anson Veterans of Wadesboro. 

[Organized 1877.] 

Captain: J. W. McGregor. 
First Lieut. : W. L. Steele. Second Lieut. : W. L. Parsons. 

Junior Second Lieut. : W. G. Huntley. 
82 men. 



44 DISTINGUISHED GUESTS AND 

THIRD REGIMENT OF NORTH CAROLINA 
NATIONAL GUARD. 

Lieut. Col. W. T. Blackwell, Commanding. 
First Lieut. B. L. Dukk, Adjutant. 
Captain Andrew Joyner, (^uortermaHter. 
Captain J. B. Smith, Commissary. 
Captain J. W. Leary, Surgeon. 
Captain A. S. Smith, Chaplain. 

COMPANY A. 

Winston Light Infantry. 

[Organized in 1878.] 

Captain : John B. Burch. 

First Lieut. : W. P. Benton. Second Lieut. : T. H. Pegram. 

Junior Second Lieut. : J. H. Finley. 

35 men. 

COMPANY C. 

Albemarle Guards of Edenton. 

[Organized in 1878.] 

Captain: C. W. Cason. 
First Lieut. : K. B. Peri<ins. Second Lieiif. : M. H. Dixon. 

Junior Second Lieut. : Frank Ward. 
35 men. 

COMPANY D. 

Durham Light Infantry. 

[Organized in 1878.] 

Captain: John F. Freeland- 

First Lieut. : W. S. Wall. Secoyid Lieut. : Thomas A. Day. 

Junior Second Lieut. : M. E. McCown. 

50 men. 

COMPANY G. 

Henderson Light Infantry. 

[Organized in 1881.] 

Captain : W. A. Farris. 

40 men. 



VISITING MILITARY. , 45 

COMPANY H. 

Rockingham Guards. 

[Organized in 1881.] 

Captain: James D. Glenn. 
40 men. 



SECOND BATTALION NORTH CAROLINA 
INFANTRY. 

Major Silas McBke, Commanding. 

COMPANY C. 
Iredell Blues of Statesville. 

[Organized in 1877.] 

Captain : A. D. Cowles. 
First Lieut. : Jacob Wallace. Second Lieut.: J. H. Hoffman. 

Junior Second Lieut. : A. M. Vannoy. 
40 men. 

COMPANY E. 

Quhele Rifles of Shoe Seel. 

[Organized in 1879.] 

Captain: E. F. McKea. 

First Lieut. : J. W. Campbell. Second Lieut. : N. H. McLean. 

Junior Second Lieut. : J. A. Patterson. 

32 men. 

COMPANY F. 

Salisbury Rifles. 

[Organized in 1880.] 

Captain : Theo. Parker. 
First Lieut. : Wallace F. Gray. Second Lieut. : James W. Rumple. 

32 men. 



46 DISTINGUISHED GUESTS AND 



^tichiginu 



Although Micliiijan was not admitted to the Union until many years 
following the Kevolutionary struggle, her interest in the celebration at 
Yorktown has been great, and her etforts unremitting to send a fair delega- 
tion to represent her on the historic field. Among the earliest to respond 
to the invitation of the Commission, her preparations were at once inaug- 
urated, and steadily pushed forward, until the day of the celebration find* 
her present, nearly eight hundred miles from home, with a regiment of six 
companies of the National Guard, thoroughly equipped, and carefully 
selected, with a view to showing how the sons may honor the sires who- 
fought so long, so valiantly, and so well. Her representation is as follows : 

His Excellency DAYID H. JEROME, Goverxor. 
Brig. Gen. John Eobert.sox, Adjutnjit General. 
Brig. Gen. William G. Gage, Inspector General. 
Brig. Gen. Nathan Church, Quartermaster General. 
Major Charles D. Long, Judc/e Advocate. 
Colonel G. S. Wormer, Atde-de-Camp. 
Colonel Charles B. Peck, " 
C-lonel F. H. Creul, 
Colonel Henry S. Raymond, " 

Colonel C. E. Grisson, State Military Board, A. D. C. 
Colonel Henry M. Duffield, State Military Board, A. D. C. 
Brig. Gen. W. H. Withington, First Brigade Michigan State Troops. 

Lieut. Col. E. A. Sumner, Assistant Adjutant General. 

Lieut. Col. R. A. Liggett, Brigade Inspector. 

Lieut. Col. James H. Kidd, Brigade Quartermaster. 

Captain W. A. Butler, Aide-de-Cump. 

Captain A. B. Porter, " 



MICHIGAN BATTALION STATE TROOPS. 

Colonel Israel C. Smith, Second Regiment M. S. T., Commanding. 
Lieutenant Colonel : F. H. Blackman, (3d Reg't.) 
Major: B. P. Whiceler, (1st Reg't.) 
Surgeon: H. R. Mills, (3d Reg't.) 
Assistant Surgeon: C. M. Woodward, (1st Reg't.) 



COMPANY A, FIRST REGIMENT. 

Ann Arbor. 

Captain : Charles H. Manley. 
First Lieut. : Jacob F. Schuh. Second Lieut. : Chas. Hiscock. 



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COMPANY B, FIRST REGIMENT. 

Adrian. 

Captain: Martin O'Leary. 
First Licui. : (Vacant.) Second Lieut. : Wm. L. Church. 

COMPANY B, SECOND REGIMENT. 
Grand Rapids. 

Captain: Henry W. Calkins. • 
First Lieut. : fred'k J. Morrison. Second Lieut. : Alva B. Richmond. 

COiMPANY G, SECOND REGIMENT. 

Ionia. 

Captain: Frederick S. Hutchinson. 
First Lieut. : Angelo E. Tower. Second Lieut. : Henry C. Sessions. 

COMPANY D, THIRD REGIMENT. 

Bay City. 

Captain: Chas. R. Hawley. 
First Lieut. : Horace P. Warfield. Second Lieut. Robert B. Dolsen. 

COMPANY E, THIRD REGIMENT. 

East Saganaw. 

Captain : Albert L. Button. 
First Lieut. : Lewis C. Slade. Second Lieut. : Timothy H. McCoy. 



%VUI0ttt. 



The Green Mountain State, always in line where patriotic deeds are to 
be remembered and commemorated, will be present at Yorktown, with her 
Governor and military guard, representing her most eminent citizens, the 
sons of the men who fought at Ticonderoga, and participated in the glor}' 
of the culminating victory. She was early to respond to the invitation of 
the Commission, and her arrangements at once entered into to present an 
appearance in keeping with her position in the Union of States, have been 
carried forward to a final and creditable success. The troops from Ver- 
mont have been selected on account of their excellent and soldierly appear- 
ance, representing the extreme northern and southern portions of the State, 
and will compare favorably with any to be present. Vermont's contribu- 
tion to Yorktown is as follows : 



48 DISTINGUISHED GUESTS AND 

Hi.s Excellency ROSWELL FAHNHAM, Goveknor and Com- 
mander IN' Chief. 

His Honor John L. Bakstow, Lieutenant Goveritor. 

Brig. Gen. T. S. Peck, Adjutant General. 

Brig. Gen. L. G. Kingslky, (Quartermaster General. 

Brig. Gen. George W. Hooker, Judge Advocate General. 

Brig. Gen. L. M. Bingham, Siirgeon General. 

Colonel George T. Childs, Aide-de-Camp. 

Colonel E. Ely' Goddard, 

Colonel H. J. Brooks, 

Colonel William R. Row ell, 

Colonel M. K. Paine, 

Colonel Olin Scott, 



VERMONT BATTALION NATIONAL OUARD. 

Major Albert D. Tenny, First Regiment, V. N. G., Commanding. 



COMPANY D. 

Ransom Guards of St. Albans. 

Captain: F. Stewart Stranahan. 
Fir'st Lieut.: S. H. Wood. Second Lieut.; William H. Farrar. 

51 men. 

COMPANY L 

jEstei/ Guard of BratUeboro. 

Captain : George H. Bond. 
First Lieut.: F. W. Child. Seco7id Lieut.: C. R. Steven.s. 

51 men. 

RANSOM GUARD BAND. 

Of St. Albans. 
25 pieces. 

BURLEIGH CORPS. 
Of Whitehall, N. Y. 

Ninth Separate Company, Third Division N. G. S. N. Y. 
Captain: R. E. Bascom. 



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The unaccountable neglect of the great State of New York to make any 
appropriation to enable her officials and military to participate in the cele- 
bration at Torktown appear the more discreditable, when contrasted with 
the exertions which have been made by one of the regiments of her 
National Guard to redeem her indiflFerence by their own ardor and patriot- 
ism. This regiment — " the 13th Brooklyn," as familiarly known to mili- 
tary men — by means of subscriptions, and a fair held under the auspices of 
its officers during the first week in October, has succeeded in raising the 
sum of 20,000 dollars to defray its expenses, in order that the flag of the 
Empire State may not be conspicuous by its absence. It comes to York- 
town with its ranks exceeding 700, and is accompanied by Dodsworth's 
celebrated band and drum corps of 83 pieces. The Eev. Henry Ward 
Beecher is chaplain of the regiment. Two detached companies from 
Buffalo, and one from Whitehall, further represent the National Guard of 
the State. New York's delegation is as follows : 

His Excellency ALONZO B. COKNELL, Governor. 

Major Gen. Frederick Townsend, Adjutant General. 
Brig. Gen. Robert L. Oliver, Inspecto?' General. 
Brig. Gen. Daniel D. Wylie, Chief of Ordnance. 
Brig. Gen. Lloyd Aspinwall, Engineer-in- Chief . 
Brig. Gen. William H. Wat.son, Surgeon General. 
Brig. Gen. Horace Russell, Judge Advocate. General. 
Brig. Gen. Chas. P. Easton, Q^uartemaster General. 
Brig. Gen. Chas. J. Langdon, Commissary General. 
Brig. Gen. J. W. Hoysradt, Paymaster General. 
Brig. Gen. A. C. Barnes, General Inspector Rifle Practice. 
Colonel James M. Vahnum, Aide-de-Camp. 
Colonel Henry M. Watson, " 

Colonel Francis N. Mann, " 

Colonel Chas. S. Francis, " 

Colonel Jno. T. Mott, " 

Colonel Chas. Cornell, Acting Military Secretary. 
4 



50 DISTIMGUISHED GUESTS AND 

THIRTEENTH REGIMENT NATIONAL 
GUARD OF NEW YORK. 

HEADQUARTEKS, BROOKLYN. 

Colonel: David E. Austen, Commanding. 

Lieutenant Colonel: Theo. B. Gates. 

Major: William H. H. Tyson. 

Adjutant : George B. Davis. 

Quartermaster : Brevet Capt. J. Fred. Ackerman. 

Commis.sary: Jere. A. Wernberg. 

Surgeon : James J. Terhune. 

Assistant Surgeon : George W. Brush. 

Chaplain: Henry Ward Beecher. 

Inspector Rifle Practice : Theo. H. Babcock. 



COMPANY A. 

Captain: Wm. J. Collins. 
First Lieut. : Watkin W. Jones. Second Lieut.: Eugene J. Snow. 

COMPANY B. 

Captai7i : Edward M. Smith. 
First Lieut. : William A. Brown. Second Lieut. : David F. Manning. 

COMPANY C. 

Captain: James L. Denison. 

Second Lieut. : Frank B. S. Morgan. 

COMPANY D. 

Captain: Thos. F. Randolph. 
First Lieut. : Wm. W. Hanold. Second Lieut.: John L. S. Kellner. 

COMPANY E. 

Captain : Edward Fackner. 
First Lieut. : Wm. Kirby. Second Lieut. : Samuel W. Smith. 

COMPANY F. 

Ca2)tain : Richard P. Morle. 
First Lieut. : Frank Harrison. Second Lieut. : James E. Daly. 



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COMPANY G. 

Captain: Wm. L. Watson. 
First Li(ut. : A. Fuller Tomes. Second Lieut.: Samuel T. Skinner. 

COMPANY H. 

Captain : Henry E. Kane. 
First L-ieut. : John Garlich. Second Lieut. : Joseph Trolich. 

COMPANY I. 

Captain : George T. Homans. 
First Lieut. : Alonzo Townley. 

' COMPANY K. 

Captain: Geo. B. Squires. 

First Lieut. : Wm. J. McKelvey. 



NON-COMMISSIONED STAFF. 

Sergeant Major : Russell Benedict. 
Quartermaster Sergeant : Chas. Werner. 
Commissary Sergeant : Frank Kilholz. 
Ordnance Sergeant : James McNevin. 
Hospital Steward: Chas. G. Curtis. 
Acting Drum Major : John Smith. 
Band Leader: Harvey B. Dodsworth. 
Sergeant Standard Bearer : Haywood Smith. 

" " " Chas. M. 'Nichols, Jr. 

Eight General Guide : Albert E. Hamilton. 
Left General Guide. D. Schuyler Bennett. 



COMPANY D. 

Veterans Qbih Begiment National Guard, New York. 
Buffalo, N. Y. 

Captain: Jno. J. Callahan. 
First Lieut. : George A. Cowan. Second Lieut. : Henry Casler. 

50 enlisted men. 
Uniform : Dark blue frock coat : light blue trowsers : helmet hat. 
Arms : Remington breech-loaders. 

Band. 



52 DISTINGUISHED GUESTS AND 



lllaj;ii!laud. 



Maryland's contiguity to the scene of action enables her to send a large 
contingent to represent her at Yorktown. The , Maryland militia has 
been brought to a high state of efficiency, and her famous "Fifth" will 
compare favorably with the " crack-regiments " of the country. This 
reti-iment forms about one-half of a brigade, under the command of Briga- 
dier General James R. Herbert, of Baltimore, that will number about one 
thousand of the select militia of the State, and will be accompanied by 
their full military band. The State representation is as follows : 

His Excellency WM. T. HAMILTON, Governor. 

Major General J. Wesley Watkins, Adjutant General. 
Brigadier General H. Clay Dallam, Judge Advocate Goieral. 
Brigadier General Geo. S. Brown, Paymaster General. 
Brigadier General Chas. P. Montague, Chief of Ordnance. 
Brigadier General Henry S. Taylor, Commissary General. 
Brigadier General John Gill, (Quartermaster General. 
Brigadier General Andrew G. Chapman, Inspector General. 
Brigadier General William Lee, Surgeon General. 
Brigadier General J. Carroll Walsu, Chief of Engineers. 
Brigadier General Jos. B. Stafford, Chief of Calvary. 
Brigadier General E. Snowden Andrews, Chief of Artillery. ^ 

Aides-de-Cainp to the Governor. 
Colonel Dennis M. Matthews. 
Colonel Edward B. Jacobs. 
Colonel Martin Emerich. 
Colonel Wm. M. McKaig. 
Colonel John S. Gittings. 
Colonel J. Upshur Dennis. 
Colonel N. Bosley Merryman. 
Colonel Harry H. Brogden. 
Colonel F. Carroll Goldsborough. 



FIRST BRIGADE MARYLAND NATIONAL 

GUARD. 

Brig. Gen. JAMES R. HERBERT, Commanding. 
Lieut. Col. T. Wallis Blackistone, Assistant Adpitant General. 
Major P. P. Dandridgk, Eiigiiieer. 



VISITING MILITARY. 

Major J. W. S. Brady, Inspector. 
Major Wii-BUK R. McKnew, Surgeon. 
Captain Thomas Hillen, Ordnance Officer. 

" Chas. a. Gambrill, Quartermaster. 

" Howard Ridgely, Commissary. 

" Geo. "W. Wood, Aide-de-Camp. 

" Frederick Shriver, Aide-de-Cauip . 
First Lieutenant Arthur H. Whitely, Aide-de-Camp. 



53 



FIFTH REGIMENT MARYLAND NATIONAL 

GUARD. 

HEADQUARTERS, BALTIMORE. 

Colonel : Stewart Brown, Commanding. 
Lieutenant Colonel : John D. Lipscomb. 
Ad.jutant : W. Kennon Whiting. 
Quartermaster: Robert J. Miller. 
Commissary : Edward C. Johnson. 
Surgeon : Wm. H. Crim. 
Assistant Surgeon : Wm. F. Lockwood. 
Chaplain : Joseph Reynolds. 
Ordnance Officer: John Landstrut, Jr. 
Paymaster : Wm. T. Frick. 

COMPANY A. 

Captain: W. S. Whitely. 

COMPANY B. 

First Lieut.: Harry E. Mann. Second Lieut.: R. Hamilton. 

COMPANY C. 

Captain: R. P. Brown. 
First Lieut. : G. E. Nelson. Second Lieut. : J. S. Gorman; 

COMPANY D. 

Captain : G. C. Cole. 
First Lieut.: E. N. Spencer. Second Lieut. : G. E. Search. 

COMPANY E. 

Second Lieutenant : Henry F. Flack. 



54 DISTINGUISHED GUESTS AND 

COMPANY F. 

Captain : W. S. Anderson. 

COMPANY G. 

Captain: A. D. B. Coiirtnay. 
First Lieut. : D. W. Laws. Second Lieut. ; H. E. Brown. 

COMPANY H. 

Captain: W. P. Zollinger. 
First Lieutenant : C. F. Albers. 

COMPANY I. 

First Lieutenant: N. L. Goldsborough. 

COMPANY K. 

Captain: J. T. Heakle. 

First Lieutennt : A. H. Taylor. 

This regiment was organized May 10, 1867, and has won distinguished 
renown for its proficiency in drill and soldierly bearing. Its uniform is of 
gray, with black and gold trimmings, and white cross-belts, and its mem- 
bership is composed of young men from the first families of the city of 
Baltimore. It visits Yorktown with about 450 men, and accompanied by 
the Fifth Regiment band and drum corps of fifty-five pieces. 



FIRST BATALLION INFANTRY. 

HEADQUARTERS, CUMBERLAND. 

Captain and Brevkt Lieut. Col. : Henry J. Johnson, Commanding. 
First Lieutenant and Adjutant : David W. Sloan. 

" " Quartermaster : T. J. Peddicord. 

" " Assistant Surgeon : E. H. Bartlett. 

COMPANY A. 

Voltigeurs of Cumberland. 

Organized September, 1878. 
First Lieut. : W. O. Hoffman. Second Lieut. : Edward Schilling. 



VISITING MILITARY, 55 

Uniform : Dark blue frock coat and fatigue cap ; light blue pants, all 
trimmed with buff. 

COMPANY B. 

Garrett Guards, Oakland. 

Organized October, 1879. 

Captain : E. H. Wardwell. 
First Lieut. : D. M. Mason. Second Lieut. : P. H. Chisholui. 

Gray uniform, with black trimmings, dress coat and fatigue cap. 

COMPANY C. 

Hamilton Light Infantry, Cumberland. 

Organized December, 1879. 

Captain: K. H. Gordon. 
First Lieut. : J. F. Harrison. Second Lieut. : B. Scott Kigger. 

Uniform : Dark blue frock coat and light blue pantaloons, without trim- 
mings ; fatigue cap. 

All three companies are armed with Springfield rifled muskets, breech- 
loading. 



SECOND BATTALION INFANTRY. 



Major 



Adjutant : . 

quaktermaster : . 

HAGERSTOWN LIGHT INFANTRY. 

Hagerstoion, Md. 

Organized November 1, 1880. 

Captain : Hy. Kyd Douglas. 

First Lieut. : Samuel F. Craft. Second Lieut. : Alex. M. Roberts. 

Uniform : Dark blue coat, gold and white trimmings ; trowsers, light 
blue, with white stripe ; regulation army cap, white pompon. 
Arms : Breech-loading Springfield rifies. 



56 DISTINGUISHED GUESTS AND 

TOWSON GUARDS. 

Baltimore County. 

Organized 1877. 

Captain : John Ridgely, of H. 

Fi7-st Lieut : C. B. McClearr. Second Lieut. : Robert Pilson- 

Uniform : Gray, black trimmings. Arms : Springfield muskets. 

LINGANOR GUARDS. 

Unionville. 

Captain: E. D. Danner. 
First Lieut.: Wm. M. Gaither. Second Lieut. : R. S. Glisan. 

Organized February 24, 1880. Uniform : Dark blue coat, with trim- 
mings; pants, light blue ; helmet hat. Arms: Breech-loading Springfield 
musket. 

KENT GUARDS. 

Chestertown. 

Captain: Thos. S. Bordiey. 
J<H.rst Lieut. : Thos. G. De Ford. Second Lieut. : Robert R. Calder. 

Organized December 31, 1878. Uniform : grey trimmed with black and 
gold braid. Arms : Springfield breech-loaders. 

FREDERICK RIFLEMEN. 

Frederick. 

Captain : James McSherry. 
First Lieut. : . Second Lieut. : . 



GOVERNOR'S GUARDS. 

Annapolis. 

Captain : Lewis Greene. 
First Lieut. : . Second Lieut. : 

BOND GUARDS. 

Catonsville. 

Captain: D. B. Barnette. 

First Lieut. : . Second Lieut. : 



VISITING MILITARY. 57 



^cututkg. 



Kentucky, once a county of the Old Dominion, and the first to knock at 
the door of the Union for admission, was among the earliest to announce 
her intention to participate in the celebration of the event that made the 
Union possible. The victory at Yorktown, followed by the peace which 
it accelerated, was the sequel tor a westward emigration that the revolution 
had delayed, and which was made more eminent by the restless spirit that 
had grown out of the long and arduous campaigns. It was to Kentucky, 
"dark and bloody ground," that the hardy veterans turned their faces 
when there was no longer an enemy at home to resist, and it was by their 
eflbrts that another State was added to the old Thirteen. It is therefore 
eminently fitting that Kentucky should unite in doing honor to the memory 
of the event from which her prosperity is dated. Her delegation at York- 
town is as follows : 

His Excellency LUKE P. BLACKBURN, Governor. 

■a 
Brigadier General J. P. Nuckols, Adjutant General. 
Major James Blackburn, Assistant Adjutant General. 
Colonel R. H. Wildberger, Assistant Inspector General. 
Colonel P. P. Johnston, " " 

Colonel George W. Buchanan, Aide-de-Camp. 
Colonel Lewis Kean, " 

Colonel HiTE, " 

Captain Henry McHenry, " 

Hon. Jacob Corbett, Private Secretary. 
Hon. L. B. Churchill. 



KENTUCKY BATTALION STATE GUARD. 

Major John E. Allen, Third Battalion State Guard, Commanding. 

"BOWLING GREEN GUARD." 

Captain.- M. H. Crump. 
32 men. 



58 DISTINGUISHED GUESTS AND 

"LEXINGTON RIFLES." 

Captain: J. R. Morton. 
36 men, 

"MASON COUNTY GUARDS." 

Of Maysville. 

Captain: A. C. Respess. 
28 men. 

" McCREARY GUARDS." 

Of Frankfort. 

Captain: J. L. Price. 
30 men. 

" MONARCH RIFLES." 

Of Owensboro. 

Captain: S. H. Ford. 
80 men. 

"CAPTAIN SOUTH'S MILITARY CORNET BAND." 

12 pieces. 



Owing to the neglect of the Legislature to make an appropriation to de- 
fray the expenses attendant, there will be no military representation from 
the State of Maine at Yorktown. An effort was made by the citizens of 
Portland to send a company that had secured a wide reputation for profi- 
ciency in drill and military bearing, but the project unhappily fell through 
accelerated doubtless by the unfortunate illness of the late President. 
There will be present, however, — '^ 

Hi.s Excellency HARRIS M. PLAISTED, Governor. 

Brigadier General George L. Beal, Adj^dant General. 
Brigadier General John .7. Lynch, Inspector General. 
Colonel Frank D. Pullen, Commissary General. 
Two Aides-de-Camp. 



VISITING MILITARY. 59 



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The Palmetto State, whose ardor in the Revolutionary cause, was second 
to none of the Colonies, and on whose banners was inscribed " King's 
Mountain " and the " Cowpens," as the brilliant exceptions to the conquer- 
ing progress of Cornwallis's hordes, will be j&ttingly represented at York- 
town by her most distinguished citizens, and a " Centennial Legion " com- 
posed of the flower of her manhood, selected from those most worthy to 
carry her colors on the historic field where their fathers maintained so 
heroic a conflict. They are as follows : 

His Excellency JOHJNSON HAGOOD, Governor. 
Adjutant General A. M. Manigault, Chief of Staf. 



Lieutenant Colonel W. H. Perry, Aide-de- 
Lieutenant Colonel H. A. Gailliard, 
Lieutenant Colonel G. B. Lartigue, 
Lieutenant Colonel George Johnstone 
Lieutenant Colonel J. J. Lucas, 
Lieutenant Colonel J. W. Barnwell, 



Cmnp. 



Lieutenant Governor John D. Kennedy. 

General John Bratton, Co'mpt7-oller General. 

Colonel J. P. EiCHARDSON, Treasurer. 

Colonel R. M. Simms, Secretary of State. 

Hon. Leroy F. Youmans, Attorney General. 

Colonel A. P. Butler, Commmissioner of Agriculture. 

General M. L. Bonham, Railroad Commissioner. 

W. H. Manning, Esq., Private Secretary to the Governor. 



Chief Justice W. D. Simpson. 
Associate Justices : H. McIver, S. McGowan. 

Circuit Judges : 
Hon. B. C. Pressley. Hon. A. P. Aldrich. 

Hon. T. B. Fraser. Hon. J. H. Hudson. 

Hon. J. B. Kershaw. Hon. T. J. Mackey. 

Hon. W. H. Wallace. Hon. J. S. Cothran. 



FROM THE STATE SENATE. 

Hon. W. W. Harllee. Hon. James F. Izlar. 

Hon. B. F. Crayton. Hon. L. J. Patterson. 

Hon. I. W. Moore. 



60 DISTINGUISHED GUESTS AND 

FROM THE HOUSE OF REPKESENTATIVES. 

Hon. John C. Shkppard, Speaker of the House. 
Hon. J. W. Williamson. Hon. J. Harvey Wilson. 

Hon. James Simons. Hon. August Fludd. 

Hon. E. M. Rucker. Hon. M. C. Taggart. 

Hon. J. J. Hemphill. Hon. R. I. Harrison. 

Hon. C. E. Sawver. Hon. AV. B. Rice. 



"YORKTOWN CENTENNIAL BATTALION' 
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 

FIELD AND STAFF. 

Colonel: Hugh S. Thompson, Columbia. 

Lieut. Colonel: Louis dk B. McCkady, Charleston. 

Major: H. K. Du Bosk, Camden. 

Adjutant: Captain Jno. P. Arthur, Columbia. 

(Quartermaster: Lieut. R. D. Lee, Sumter. 

Commissary : Lieut. C. H. Sloan, Grreenville. 

Sergeant Major: J. M. Morris, Columbia. 



GORDON LIGHT INFANTRY. 

Winnsboro, S. C. 

Captain: W. Jordan. 
First Lieut.: T. K. Elliott. Second Lieut.: J. H. Cummings. 

Uniform : For officers, dark blue, double-breasted frock coat, trimmed 
with gold lace, gilt epaulettes; dark blue pants, gold cord ; cap, dark blue^. 
trimmed with gold cord, white plume. For non-commissioned officers and 
privates, dark blue, cut-away coat, trimmed with light blue and gold lace, 
Palmetto buttons, white worsted epaulettes; white waist and cross belts; 
pants, dark blue, with light blue stripe; cap, dark blue, trimmed with light 
blue cord, and white, drooping plume. 

Arms: Remington rifle, breech-loading, calibre .58. 

Date of organization : April 10, 1877. 



VISITING MILITARY. 61 

LEE LIGHT INFANTRY. 

Chester, 8. C. 

Captain: J. K. Marshall. 
First Lieut. : J. B. McFadden. Second Lieut. ; W. E. "Walker. 

Uniform : Cadet graj'. 

Arms: Remington rifles, breech-loading, calibre .58. 

Date of organization : In 1877. 

BUTLER GUARDS. 

Greenville, S. C. 

First Lieutenant Commanding: W. A. Williams. 
Second Lieut. : Wm. Hill Hill. Third Lieut.: F. B. McBee. 

Uniform ; OflScers, gray frock coat, gold epaulettes ; hat, stiff gray, 
trimmed with gold ; pants, blue. Non-commissioned oflicers and privates, 
coat, gray cut-away, trimmed with black and gold braid. State buttons ; 
hat, stiff, gray, with pompon ; white cross-belts. 

Arms: Eemington breech-loading rifle, calibre .58. 

Dale of organization : In 1853. 

SUMTER LIGHT INFANTRY. 

Sumter, S. C. 

[Organized in 1877.] 

Captain : W. R. Delgar. 
Second Lieut. : D. J. Auld. Third Lieut. : Marion Sanders . 

Uniform: Cadet gray coat and panti, trimmed with blue and gold; gray 
caps, with blue and white plumes. 

Arms: Remington breech-loading rifles, calibre .58. 

GOVERNOR'S GUARDS. 

Columbia, S. C. 

[Organized in 1843; re-organized in 1877.] 
Captain: Wilie Jones. 
First Lieut. : W. G. Childs. Third Lieut. : W. K. Duffie, 

Uniform; Officers — dark blue frock coat and pants, trimmed with gold 
lace ; epaulettes ; blue hat, trimmed with gold, drooping white plume. Non- 
commi.'^sioned officers and privates — cadet gray coat and pants, trimmed with 
black; stiff gray hat and pompon . 
Arras: Remington breech-loading rifles, calibre .58. 



62 DISTINGUISHED GUESTS AND 

This company furnished Co. I, Palmetto liegiment, with Second Lieu- 
tenant and 20 men for the Mexican war. Entered the Confederate States 
army at commencement of hostilities, went through the war, being engaged 
in about forty battles, from Fort Sumter to Bentonville, N. C. 

GERMAN FUSILIERS. 

Charleston, S. C. 

[Organized in 1875.] 

Captain: Henry Schachte. 
First Lieiit.: Henr^' B. Schroder. Acting Lieut.: A. Fischer. 

Uniform : Coat, dark blue, trimmed with red and gold, with three rows 
Palmetto buttons; pants, dark blue, trimmed with red and gold; regula- 
tion hat, black and red plume. 

Arms: Kemington rifles, calibre .58. 

This company is the oldest military organization in the State, and was 
organized under Alexander Gillow and Michael Kalteisen. The company 
participated in the Revolutionary war; and, at the siege of Savannah, Oc- 
tober 9, 1779, lost its capttiin, (Sheppard,) and first lieutenant, (Kimmel,) 
and a large number of men. In the civil war it took part in the first siege 
of Fort Sumter, and afterwards was on duty on the islands in the vicinity 
of Charleston. 

ABBEVILLE RIFLES. 

Abbeville., S. C. 

[Organized in 1877.] 

Captain: M. L. Bonham, Jr. 
First Lieut. : S. C. Cason. Second Lieut. : W. C. McGowan. 

Uniform; Cut-away coat, cadet gray, white cross belts ; epaulettes; cap- 
pee, with white plume. . 
Arms : Kemington breech-loaders. 

PALMETTO RIFLES. 

Aiken, S. C. 

[Organized in 1877.] 

Captain : W. W. Williams. 
First Lieut.: H. H. Hall. Second Lieut.: B. H. Teague. 



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Uniform: Coat and pants dark blue, trimmed with buff"; U. 8. Armj' 
regulation helmets. 

Arms : Remington breech-loading rifles, calibre .58. 

RICHLAND VOLUNTEER RIFLES. 

Columbia, S. C. 

[Organized August 8, 1813.] 

Captain: R. N. Richbourg. 

First Lieut. : E. R. Arthur. Second Lieut. : L. D. Childs. 

Uniform : Dress coat, cadet gray, single-breasted, trimmed with black 
and gold, three voyfs State buttons ; epaulettes, black and gold ; pants, gray, 
with black and gold stripe ; cap, gray, trimmed with gold and black plume ; 
white cross and waist belts. 

Arms: Whitney's breech-loading rifles, cali-bre .44. 

This Company was organized on the 8th of August, 1818, by Chancellor 
"William Harper, and was the principal corps of volunteer soldiery in the 
State for a long series of years, having as its commanders some of the 
State's most distinguished sons. 

It served with marked distinction throughout the Florida war, under 
command of Captain F. H. Elmore. 

At the first call to arms to repel the Mexican invader, about two-thirds 
of its members, together with members of other organizations, under com- 
mand of Captain William De Saussure, of the Richland volunteers, en- 
listed as Company H of the Palmetto Regiment, serving throughout the 
period of hostilities, engaging in every important battle, and receiving high- 
praise for gallant conduct. 

On the breaking out of hostilities between the North and South, the 
Company, one hundred and twenty-five strong, Captain D. B. Miller com- 
manding, enlisted in the service of the State, and on the 3d day of January, 
1861, reported for duty at Charleston. They participated in the bombard- 
ment of Fort Sumter, and at its fall served the remainder of their six 
months' term in Virginia. When the act was passed by the Confederate 
Congress, calling for the enlistment^of volunteer troops for the war, the 
Company was divided into three — the Richland Volunteer Rifle Company, 
Captain John Cordera commanding, the Harper Rifles, Captain D. B. Miller, 
and the Columbia Rifles, Captain T. W. Radcliff"e. This Company was 
assigned to the First Regiment South Carolina Volunteers, Gregg's brig- 
ade, A. P. Hill's division, Stonewall Jackson's corps, Army of Northern 



64 DISTINGUISHED GUESTS AND 

Virginia. They participated in all the principal battles in which this army- 
was engaged, and surrendered at Appomattox Court House, with only 
seven surviving members of the old command, the present Captain being 
one of these. 

WASHINGTON LIGHT INFANTRY. 

Charleston, S. C. 

[Organized in 1807.] 

Captain: Alex. W. Marshall. 
Fb-st Lieut.: J. S. Hanahan. Second Lieut.: Geo. B. Edwards. 

Uniform: Dark blue dress coat, three rows buttons on breast; trowsers, 
dark blue, red and gold stripes ; regulation hat, trimmed with leopard skin 
and sunburst. 

Arms: Springfield rifles, caliber .45. 

This company was founded in 1807, under the auspices of the late Hon! 
Wm. Lowndes, George Warren Cross, and Wm. Crafts, Jr., during the 
excitement caused by the firing upon the American frigate " Chesapeake " 
by the British frigate '■ Leopard." " Kemember the Leopard " was a popu- 
lar cry in the Union at that period, and the company have ever since worn 
leopard-skin trimmings on their hats. 

Was regularly mustered into State service for duty at Charleston in 
1812-15. 

Volunteered under Captain Henrj' Raven el for the protection of St. 
Augustine in the Seminole War, 1836. 

Furnished three companies for the late war between the States. 



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Like many of her sister States, Rhode Island has been prevented 
from making such a display at Yorktown, as would be in keeping with her 
well-known patriotic ardor, by reason of the apathy of her Legislature at 
a time when action was indispensible to timel}' preparation. It was further 
unfortunate at a tinoe when the public spirit of her citizens was taking 
shape, looking to a participation by her National Guard, that the arrange- 
ments were again retarded by the death of one of her most eminent citizens 
General A. E Burnside, who had been one of the prominent movers in the 
matter. Notwithstanding these obstacles, the efforts of those interested, 



VISITING MILITARY. 65 

among whom General Barney, the popular Adjutant General of the State, 
has been most prominent and untiring, have culminated in a most credit- 
able success, and the old Commonwealth of " Rhode Island and Providence 
Plantations " moved into line once again on the historic plains, as in the 
days when her sons moved under the banner of La Fayette and Lincoln. 
The Rhode Island representation consists of — 

His Excellency ALFRED H. LITTLEFIELD, Governor. 

Brigadier General C. Henry Barney, Adjutant General. 

Brigadier General Chas. R. Dennis, Quartermaster General. 

Brigadier General John D. Budlong, Surgeon General. 

Brigadier General John F. ToBey, Judge Advocate General. 

Colonel Henry A. Pierce, Aide-de-Camp. 

Colonel Eben F. Littlefield, " 

Colonel Chas. H. Williams, " 

Colonel John F. Clark, " 

Colonel E. Charles Francis, " 

Colonel John C. Seabury, " 

Lieut. Colonel "Wm. W. Douglas, Assistant Adjutant General. 

Lieut. Colonel S. W. Dickerson, Assistant Quartermaster General. 

Lieut. Colonel Geo. L. Gower, Assistant Judge Advocate General. 



Lieutenant Governor, Henry H. Fay. 
Hon. J. M. Addeman, Secretary of State. 



SECOND BATTALION INFANTRY. R. I. M. 
COMPANY D. 
Woodstock, R. 1. 

Captain: Fred. W. Jenckes. 
First Lieut. : Frank M. Cornell. Second Lieut. : Seth Arnold, Jr. 

60 men. 

COMPANY F. 
Pawtucket, R. I. 

Captain : Chas. Rittman. 
First Lieut. : Frederick W. Easton. Second Lieut : Alfred H. Cheetham. 

60 men. 
A band will accompany the Battalion. 

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66 DISTINGUISHED GUESTS AND 



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The "Granite State," first on the list of the "Thirteen Originals,'' and 
■which contributed the gallant Schammel to the casualties of Yorktown, will 
be creditably represented at the Centennial ceremonies, both by her civic 
dignitaries and her National Guard. The State became early interested in 
the arrangements looking to a proper recognition of the anniversary, and 
was among the first to accept an invitation to be present, timely appropria- 
tion being made by the Legislature to cover the expenses necessary to give 
the State a fitting position in line. Her delegation is as follows : 

His Excellency CHARLES H. BELL, Governor and Commander 

IN Chief. 
Maj. Gen. Augustus D. Ayling, of Concord, Adjutant General. 
Brig. Gen. Elbert Wheeler, of Laconia, Inspector General. 
Brig. Gen. Marshall C. Wentworth, of Jackson, (Quartermaster Gen. 
Brig. Gen. George E. Lane, of Exeter, Commissary General. 
Brig. Gen. Ezra Mitchell, Jr., of Lancaster, Surgeon General. 
Brig. Gen. Francis C. Faulkner, of Keene, Judge Advocate General. 
Colonel Charles H. Sawyer, of Dover, Aide-de-Camp. 
Colonel William H, Stinson, of Dunbarton, " 
Colonel Daniel C. Gould, of Manchester, " 

Colonel Edward H. Gilman, of Exeter, " 



YORKTOWN BATTALION NEW HAMP- 
SHIRE NATIONAL GUARD." 



Lieutenant Colonel Elbridqk J. Copp, Second Regiment New Hampshire 
National Guard, Commanding. 
Adjutant Rufus P. Staniels, 3d New Hampshire N. G. 
Quartermaster Lewis P. Wilson, 2d New Hampshire N. G. 
Surgeon Henry E. Newell, 1st New Hampshire N. G. 
Assistant Surgeon Geo. Cook, 3d New Hampshire N. G. 
Chaplain Henry Powers, 1st New Hampshire N. G. 
Sergeant Major Wm. W. Hemmenway, 2d New Hampshire N. G. 
Quartermaster Sergeant Geo. R. Leavitt, 8d New Hampshire N. G. 
Hospital Stewart James W. Wilson, 1st New Hampshire N. G. 
Drum Major Alonzo W. Glines, 3d New Hampshire N. G. 



VISITING MILITARY. 67 

The following companies having received the highest number of credits 
at the annual inspections of their respective regiments for the past two 
years compose the Battalion : 

COMPANY A, FIRST REGIMENT. 

Strafford Guards of Dover. 

Captain : George H. Demerritt. 
First Lieut. : Frederick Emmott. Second Lieut. : Martin J. Gallinger. 

50 men. 

COMPANY F, SECOND REGIMENT. 

C% Guards of Nashua. 

Captain: Jason E. Tolles. 
First Lieut. : Wm. W. Wheeler. Second Lieut. : Eugene P. Whitney. 

50 men. 

COMPANY K, THIRD REGIMENT. 

Belknap Guards of Laconia. 

Captain: Edmund Tetley. 
First Lieut. : Martin B. Plummer. Second Lieiit. : Fred. R. Gilman. 

50 men. 

The "Third Regiment Band," 24 members, accompanies the troops. 



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His Excellency HOBART B. BIGELOW, Governor. 

Lieutenant Governor WM. H. BULKELEY. 

Brigadier General Geo. N. Harmon, Adjutant General. 
Brigadier General Alex. Harbison, (Quartermaster General. 
Brigadier General James G. Gregory, Surgeon General. 
Brigadier General Geo. H. Ford, Comynissari/ General. 
Brigadier General Fred. E. Camp, Pai/mastcr General. 
Colonel Wm. E. Barrows, Aide-de-Camp. 
Colonel Wm. B. Ri-dd, " 



68 DISTINGUISHED (iUESTS AND 

Colonel RuTiiKRFORi) TROwjmiD(iE, Aid'^-de-Ccunj). 
Colonel Cn.vs. A. Rus.skll, " 

Colonel SiMEox J. Fox, Ass't Adpdant General. 
Lieutenant Colonel Hknry C. Morgax, Ass't Q. M. General. 



Hon. Cha8. B. Scales, Secretary of State. 

Hon. David P. Nichols, Treasurer of State. 

Hon. W. T. Batcheller, Comjjtrollcr. 

Brig. Gen. S. R. Smith, Comm'd'g National Guard, Conn. 

THE FIRST REG'T CONNECTICUT NATIONAL GUARD, which 
represents that venerable commonwealth at Yorktown, is one of the oldest 
organizations in the country ; perhaps as a purely military organization 
the oldest of all. It has been identical with the birth and growth of the 
colony of Connecticut ; has been represented in all the early Indian wars, 
the French and Indian war, the Revolution, the war of 1812 to 1815, the 
Mexican war, and the war of the Rebellion ; and from its ranks have 
sprung Governors, Senators, Generals, and those who have filled the high- 
est positions in the gift of their fellows. The regiment can trace its exis- 
tence without a blot back to the campaign against the Pequot Indians in 
1637, when a force of ninety men was ordered to be raised by " the Great 
and General Court," and placed under the command of Captain John 
Mason. The soldiers came from Hartford, Winsor, and Weathersfield, 
and at the close of the Pequot war, they were ordered to continue to 
" train " ten days in each year under the direction of Captain Mason, and 
from these training-bands arose the subsequent regimental organization of 
Hartford county in 1672, under Colonel John Talcott, which was continued 
until 1739, when an act officially proclaimed it the First Regiment of 
Militia. 

It served during the Revolution under Colonels Samuel Wyllys and 
Roger Newberry, and several of its officers rose to high rank in the Conti- 
nental army ; and from that day has maintained its organization uninter- 
rupted, and has contributed from its ranks thousands of drilled soldiers 
who have served on every field from Bunker Hill to Appomattox. It takes 
to Yorktown eight companies, numbering over seven hundred officers and 
men, under Colonel Lucius A. Barbour, of Hartford, who came from the 
ranks, having received his first- warrant as a corporal of Company F in 
1866, since which date he has risen by steady grades to the command ot 
the regiment, which he assumed June 25, 1878. Colonel Barbour is a popu- 
lar and indefatigable commander, and has brought his regiment to a pro- 
ficiency second to none in the State. Its uniform is dark-blue coat with 
scarlet facings ; trowscrs, light blue with scarlet stripe ; United States 
army helmet hat, (the first organization in the country to adopt it.) Their 
arms are the United States Springfield breech-loading rifles. 



VISITING MILITARY. 69 

OFFICERS : 

Colon KU : Lucius A. Barbour, of Hartford. 

Lieutenant Colonel : William E. Cone, of Hartford. 

Major: Arthur L. Goodrich, of Hartford. 

Adjutant: John K. Williams, of Hartford. 

QuARTER.MASTER : Richard O. Cheney, of Manchester. 

Paymaster : William B. McCray, of Hartford. 

SuROEON : Geo. W. Avery, of Hartford. 

Assistant Surgeon : Harman G. Howe, of Hartford. 

Chaplain : James A. Cooper, of New Britain. 

Inspector Target Practice : Jabez L. Woodbridge, of Manchester. 

Sergeant Major : William G. Simmons, of Hartford. 

Quartermaster Sergeant: John D. Worthington, of Hartford. 

Commissary Sergeant: Wallace T. Fenn, of Hartford. 

Hospital Stewart : Philo W. Newton, of Hartford. 

Drum Major : William C. Steele, of Hartford. 

Fife Major : William C. Sparry, of Hartford. 



COMPANY A. 

Germania Guard of Hartford. 

Captain ; William Westphal. 
First Lieut. : Edward Schulze. Second Lieut. : Henry F. Smith. 

COMPANY B. 

Hillyer Guard, of Hartford. 

Captain : Patrick Jellovan. 
First Lie-id. : Thomas F. Flanigan. Second Lieut. : Patrick H. Smith.. 

COMPANY D. 

New Britain City Guard. 

Captain: Augustus N. Bennett. 
First Lieut.: John C. Bingham. Second Lieut. : William E. Allen-.. 

COMPANY E. 

Jewell Guard of New Britain. 

Captain: Chas. B. Erichson. 
First Lieut. : Fred M. Hemenway. Second Lieut.: J. Lester Osgood. 



70 DISTINGUISHED GUESTS AND 

COMPANY F. 

Hartford City Guard. 

Captain : John L. White. 
First Lieut. : Levi H. Hotchkiss. Second Lieut. : Geo. E. Lee. 

COMPANY G. 

Manchester Rifies. 

Captain: Arthur B. Keeney. 
First Lieut.: Arthur J. "Wethernll. Second Lieut : T. H. Montgomery. 

COMPANY H. 

Hartford Light Guard. 

Captain: Geo. A. Cornell. 
First Lieut. : Henry Simon, Jr. Second Lieut. : John W. Crane. 

COMPANY K. 

Hartford. 

Captain: Thomas M. Smith. 
First Lieut. : Chas. E. Thompson. Second Lieut. : Samuel 0. Prentice. 



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The '• Diamond State." conscious of her ability to maintain a patriotic 
example, commensurate with the deeds of her Revolutionary fathers, will 
be represented at Yorktown by a civic and military delegation, proportion- 
ally exceeding that of-any other State. Her troops, though few in num- 
ber, are well drilled and disciplined, and will compare favorably with any 
on the ground. Her delegation is as follows : 

His ExcELLKXf y JOHN W. HALL, Governor. 

Brigadier-General J. Parke Postles, Adjutant General. 
Brigadier-General D. C. Marvel, Inspector General. 
Brigadier-General H. C. Collison, (Quartermaster General. 
Colonel Walter Cummings, Aide-de-Caynp. 
Colonel Jonx Powder, Aide-de-Camp . 



VISITING MILITARY. 71 

FIRST REGIMENT DELAWARE VOLUNTEER 
MILITIA. 

HEADQUARTERS, WILMINGTON, DELAWARE. 

Colonel : Samuel A. McAllister, of Wilmington. 
LiEUTKNANT CoLONEL : Samuel M. Wood, of Wilmington. 
Major: A. R. Boyle, of Dover. 
Surgeon : William Marshall, of Milford. 
Adjutant : Garrett J. Hart, of Wilmington. 
Quartermaster : T. F. Townsend, of Milford. 

COMPANY A. 

American Rifles of Wilmington. 

[Organized 1875.] 

Captain: Edward Mitchell, Jr. 
First Lieut. : Charles Hobson. Second Lieut. : J. Frank Smith. 

COMPANY B. 

Torbert Guards of Milford. 

[Organized 1880.] 
Captain : George William Marshall. 
Fi7'st Lieut. : Wm. H. Harris. Second Lieut. : F. C. Wisswell. 

COMPANY C. 

Dupont Guards of Wilmington. 

[Organized 1876.] 

Captain: John M. Curtiss. 

First Lieut. : A. D. Chaytor. Second Lieut. : Thomas Rice. 

COMPANY D. 

Hall Guards of Dover. 

[Organized 1880.] 

Captain: A. S. Kirk. 

First Lieut. : George W. Pennington. Second Lieut. : H. A. Culbreth. 

COMPANY^ E. 

Of Wyoming, Delaioare. 

[Organized 1880.] 
Captain: C. M. Carey. 
Second Lieut. : John H. Walheater. 



72 DISTINGUISHED GUESTS AND 

COMPANY F. 

PostWs Rijies of Wilmington. 

[Organized 1881.] 

Captain: Oscar F. Munda. 
First Lieut. : J. H. Munda. Second Lieut. : John S. White. 

The Delaware troops have the United States reguhvtion uniform, and are 
armed with new 45-calibre Springfield breech-loading rifles. 



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The Old Bay State, first and foremost in resistance to the oppressive acts 
which caused the Revolution, and which was represented at Yorktown one 
hundred years ago by Lincoln, to whom was accorded the honor of receiv- 
ing the sword of Cornwallis, and Knox, who commanded the artillery that 
poured, for the greater part of thirteen days, a relentless hail of shot and 
shell into the ill-fated town, was among the earliest to respond to the 
invitation of the Commmissioners to participate in the Centennial 
ceremonies. Her Legislature made timely appropriation to defray the 
expenses attending the visit of the Governor and State officials, and 
such of her military organizations as desired to attend were permitted to 
substitute such attendance for the usual annual encampment within the 
State, and were granted liberal commutation of transportation, subsistence, 
&c., to enable them to creditably perform the duty. Governor Long will 
be escorted by the First Corps of Independent Cadets, which for many 
years has performed such escort duty on all occasions of ceremony, and 
whose ranks are largely composed of the leading citizens of Boston and its 
immediate vicinity. The State Militia will be further represented by the 
Ninth Regiment, M. V. M., an organization composed generally of young 
Irish-Americans, that will have in their keeping not alone the reputation 
of the old Commonwealth, but of an clement of our population whose 
patriotism and valor is unquestioned. 

Massachusetts' delegation will be as follows : 

His Excellency JOHN D. LONG, Governor. 

Major General A. Hun Berry, Adjutant Oeneral. 
Colonel Isaac F. Kingsuury, Assistant Adjutant General. 
Colonel Edward H. Haskell, " " 

Colonel John S. Lockwood, '• " 



VISITING MILITARY. 73 

Colonel Edmund H. Hkwins, Ass't Insjiector General. 

Colonel Morris Schaff, " " 

Colonel Samuel P. Traix, AssH Quartermaster General. 

Colonel Jedediah P. Jordan, " " 

Colonel Benj. S. Lovell, " " 

Brigadier General Wm. J. Dale, Surgeon Getieral. 

Brigadier General Wilmon W. Blackmar, Judge Advocate General. 

Colonel Thomas W. Higginson, Aide-de-Camp. 

Colonel Wm. O. Flske, " 

Colonel Wm. P. Draper, " 

Colonel Edward T. Bouve, " 

Colonel Wm. M. Olix, " 



Brigadier General Eben Sutton, First Brigade M. V. M. 
Aide-de-Camp. 

Brig. General Hoboat Moore, Second Brigade M. V. M. 
Aide-de-Camp. 

Colonel Nat. Wale.s, First Regiment M. V. M. 
" B. F. Bridges, Second Regiment M. V. M. 
" E. J. Troul, Fifth Regiment M. V. M. 
" Melville Beal, Sixth Regiment M. V. M. 
" B. F. Peach, Eighth Regiment M. V. M. 
Lieut. Col. Samuel Dalton, Second Corps Independent Cadets. 
Major G. S. Merrill, First Battalion Artillery, M. V, M. 
Major Dexter H. Follett, First Bat. Cavalry, M. V. M. 



Lieutenant Governor Byron Weston. 
The Governor's Council — Eight members. 

Hon. Daniel A. Gleason, Treasurer and Receiver General. 

" Charles R. Ladd, Auditor. 

" Henry B. Peirce, Secretary of State. 

" George Marston, Attorney General. 
O. F. Mitchell, Sergeant-at-Arms. 
Hon. R. R. Bishop, President of the Senate. 

" C. J. NoYES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
The members of the Committee on Federal Relations. 
Hon. A. W. Beard, Collector of the port of Boston. 

" N. P. Banks, U. S. Marshal for Massachusetts. 

" F. O. Prince, Mayor of Boston. 
General A. P. Martin. 



74 DISTINGUISHED GUESTS AND 

FIRST CORPS CADETS, MASS. V. M. 

GOVERNOK'S ESCORT. 

Lieutenant Colonel : Thos. F. Edmunds, Commanding. 

Major: Wm. F. Lawrence. 

Adjutant : H. B. Rice. 

Surgeon : Major W. L. Richardson. 

Assistant Surgeon : C. M. Greene. 

Paymaster: C. E. Stevens. 

Quartermaster: C. C. Melcher. 

COMPANY A. 

Captain: F. H. Appleton. 
First Lieutenant: W. M. Rice. 

COMPANY B. 

Captain: W. H. Alline. 

•First Lieutenant : J. E. R. Hill. 

COMPANY C. 

Captain: G. R. Rogers. 

First Lieutenant: W. A. Hayes. 

COMPANY D. 

Captain : Albert C. Pond. 

First Lieutenant : Thos. B. Tichnor. 



The First Corps of Cadets of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia was 
organized on the 16th of October, 1741, as Body Guard to the Governor of 
the Province of Massachusetts Bay, under the title of the "Governor's 
Company of Cadets." It had three commissioned oflBcers ranking as Held 
oflScers, the commander as lieutenant-colonel, probably in accordance with 
the custom in the British armj^ which confers a similar increase of rank 
upon certain company officers of the household troops. The first Com- 
mander was Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Pollard, whose commission, 
signed by Governor William Shirley, has been carefully preserved to the 
present day in custody of the Corps. 

One of the first duties performed by the Corps was to escort Governor 
Shirley to the boundaries of the Province, on his way to Rhode Island, in 
1741, and from that time to the year 1774, the Corps, as body guard, at- 
tended and escorted the colonial governors. In the latter year Governor 



VISITING MILITARY. 75 

Thomas Hutchinson was succeeded by Governor Thomas Gage, who arrived 
on the 19th of Maj', and was escorted from Long Wharf to the Council 
Chamber by the Cadets, then under the command of Lieutenant Colonel 
Jolan Hancock. It was the custom of each successive governor to present 
to the Corps a standard having on one side the arms of the province, and 
on the other the armorial bearings of the donor. 

When the British troops left Boston in 1776, the members, under circum- 
stances somewhat similar to the original formation in 1741, united in a 
military organization known as the "Independent Company" under 
Colonel Henry Jackson, and two years later, under command of Colonel 
Hitchborn, marched to Rhode Island, where they did duty as a part of the 
forces of the Revolutionarj^ War. 

After the State government had been established, the Legislature, on the 
18th of October, 1786, reorganized the Corps, and oflBcers were commis- 
sioned as follows : Samuel Bradford, Captain, with rank of Lieutenant 
Colonel ; William Scollay, Lieutenant, and Samuel Cabot, Ensign, each 
with the rank of Major; and Martin Brimmer Sohier, Adjutant, with the 
rank of Captain. The Corps, under this. re-organization, became a part of 
the State militia, and, in continuation of its functions under the colonial 
regime, was attached to the person of the Governor as body guard, a posi- 
tion it has continued to hold ever since. A parade occurred on the 19th of 
October, 1786, on which occasion the Governor, following the colonial cus- 
tom, presented the Corps with a standard, having on one side his family 
arms, and on the other side the arms of the company, viz: a six-pointed 
star with the motto " Monstrat Viam." During the administration of 
Governor Hancock the use of family arms upon standards was, by his 
order, discontinued, and the State arms were substituted. 

The arms of Shirley and Bowdoin impaled are now used as a seal, and as 
an ornament to equipments. 

It has been the misfortune of the Corps to lose by fire at three different 
times many valuable relics, among them standards and records of great 
interest, but of the articles still extant the sword of Governor Bowdoin is 
carefully treasured. 

The Corps, as re-established under State government in 1786, possessed 
three important privileges : first, that of being the Guard of Honor to the 
Governor ; second, that it could not be attached to the command of any 
ofiicer below the rank of major general ; and third, that its officers held 
peculiar rank. These privileges were placed under the protection of United 
States law., when, the Constitution having taken effect in 1789, Congress, 
under its authority, passed on the 9th of May, 1752, " An act more effec- 
tually to provide for the national defence, by establishing a uniform militia 
throughout the United States." 

The last two privileges above named were shared by the company of 



76 DISTINGUISHED GUESTS AND 

Cadets in Salem, now known as the Second Corps of Cadets, and these two 
Corps are the only organizations at present in the Massachusetts Volunteer 
Militia in existence when the Constitution of the United States went into 
effect, which have had an uninterrupted existence ever since. 



NINTH REGIMENT MASSACHUSETTS VOLUN- 
TEER MILITIA. 

HEADQUARTERS, BOSTON. 

Organized llth June, 1861. 
Colonel: Wm. M. Strachan, Commanding. 
Lieutenant Colonel : Lawrence J. Logan. 

M. T^T,, f Geo. A. J. Colgan. 
AJORS : -( T. r /"I J 

\ P. J. Grady. 
Adjutant : David McGuire. 
Quartermaster : S. S. Rankin. 
Surgeon : James A. Fleming. 
Assistant SLTRdEON : M. C. Noonan. 
Paymaster : John Lyons. 
Chaplain : J. P. Egan. 

NON-COMMISSIONED STAFF. 

Sergeant Ma.jor : T. F. McDonough. 
Quartermaster Sergeant : M. P. Brennan. 
Hospital Steward : Stephen Sullivan. 
Drum Major: R. E. Barry. 

FIRST BATTALION. 
COMPANY D. 

Captain : F. B. Bogan. 
Fij-st Lieut. : F. H. Rice. Second Lieut. : Edward O'Brien. 

COMPANY G. 

Cavtain: J. J. Barry. 
Fi7-st Lieut. : J. H. Essem. Second Lieut. : M. J. Mitchell. 

COMPANY H. 

Captain: J. F. Madigan. 
First Lieut: J. J. Foley. Second Lieut. : J. H. Ettridge. 



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COMPANY F. 

Captain. : D. F. Dolan. 
Fir at Lieut. : W. H. Donovan. Second Lieut. : E. A. McCarthy. 

SECOND BATTALION. 
COMPANY A. 

Captain: P. C. Reardon. 
First Lieut. : John J. Boyle. Second Lieut. : J. M. Doherty. 

COMPANY C. 

Captain: J. F. McCaffrey. 
First Lieut. : James White. Second Lieut. ; J. H. Nugent. 

COMPANY E. 

Captain: L. J. Ford. 
First Lieut. : F. F. Dougherty. Second Lieut.: P. F. Fitzgerald. 

COMPANY B. 

Captain : P. H. Cronin. 
First Lieut. : J. W. Mahoney. Second Lieut. : E. W. Hagerty. 

Uniform, double breasted tunic; trowsers, light blue, zouave cut, russet 
legiiings ; dark blue shako, white pompons : ofl3cers' regular army infantry 
dress ; arms, Springfield breech-loaders. 



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It is eminently fitting that the " Old Dominion " should hold the post of 
honor among the States at Yori<town. On her soil was waged the obdurate 
§iege that culminated in American independence, to the achievement of 
which more than five thousand of her sons, under their valiant Governor, 
contributed their bravery and resolution. From her loins sprung the heroic 
Commander-in-Chief, who supplemented his victory with the greener 
laurels of civic renown, and it is as her guests that the States are hurrying 
to aid in the commemoration of the closing scene of the revolutionary 



78 DISTINGUISHED GUESTS AND 

drama. Her representation will be fully commensurate with the dignity 
and lustre of the grand old commonwealth that has given five presidents to 
the natioYi, and sent her children to honor every position of trust and 
esteem at home and abroad. 

His Excellency F. "W. M. HOLLIDAY, Governor. 

Seven Aides-de-Camp. 
Brigadier General James McDonald, Adjutant General. 



FIRST BRIGADE VIRGMjN^IA VOLUIN'TEER 
MILITIA. 

Brigadier General : Fitzhugh Lee. 

A.«;sisTANT Adjutant General: Major J. Addison Pattison. 
Inspector General : Major James P. Rodgers. 
Brigade Surgeon : Major George Ben. Johnston. 
Aide-de-Camp: Captain B. H. Fowle. 
Aide-de-Camp : Captain Courtland H. Smith. 

The whole brigade is armed with Springfield breech-loading rifles, and 
is uniformed, according to the State regulation, in a gray cloth, with black 
stripes, chevrons and facings. 



FIRST REGIMENT VIRGINIA USTFANTRY. 

HEADQUARTERS, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. 

Colonel : John B. Purcell. 

Lieutenant Colonel: Charles J. Anderson. 

Major: Jo Lane Stern. 

Adjutant: Captain John H. Dinneen. 

Surgeon: Major L. B. Edwards. 

Chaplain : Moses B. Hoge. 

Quartermaster: Captain Charles P. Bigger. 

Ordnance Officer: Captain Cyrus Bossieux. 

Assistant Surgeon: Captain George Ben. Johnston. 

Sergeant Major : J. R. V. Daniel. 

Quartermaster Sergeant: W. B. Riddick. 

Hospital Steward: W. E. Pearce. 



VISITING MILITARY. 79 

COMPANY A. 

Richmond Grays. 

Captain; Louis J. Bossieux. 
First I/ieut. : James E. Phillips. Second Lieut. : John E. Laughton. 

58 enlisted men. 

COMPANY B. 

Walker Light Guard. 

Captain: Henry C. Jones. 

First lAeid. : W. E. Burgess. Second Lieut. : A. L. Bargamin. 

52 enlisted men. 

COMPANY C. 

'■'Guard of the Commonwealth.''' 

Captain: M. L. Spotswood. 

First Lieut. : G. Kennon Wren. Second Lieut. : W. D. Davis. 

51 enlisted men. 

COMPANY D. 

" Sidney Grays.''' 

Captain: L. E. Brown. 

First Lieut. : H. B. Owen. Second Lieut. : Eo. Harrold. 

39 enlisted men. 

COMPANY E. 

" Governor's Guard." 

Captain: J. H. Parater. 

First Lieut. : A. L. Phillips. Second Lieut. : E. E. Jones. 

62 enlisted men. 

COMPANY F. 

Captain: Tazewell Ellett. 
First Litut. : A. L. Ellett, Jr. Second Lieut. : C. S. Crenshaw. 

54 enlisted men. 



80 DISTINGUISHED GUESTS AND 

COMPANY H. 

Captain; A. K. Snyder. 
First Lieut. : W. T). Winston. Second Lieut. : C. B. Neale. 



SECOND REGIMENT (VALLEY) VIRGINIA 
VOLUNTEERS. 

HEADQUARTERS, STAUNTON, VIRGINIA. 

Colonkl: W. L. Bumgardner, of Staunton. 
LiKUTENANT CoLONEL : O. B. Roller, of Harrisonburg. 
Ma.jor : J. W. Magruder, of Woodstock. 
Ad.jutant: H. H. Downing, of Front Royal. 

COMPANY A. 

Warren Light Infantry. 

Captain : C. A. Macatee. 
First Lieut. : Ed. H. Jackson. Second Lieut. : G. O. Leach. 

COMPANY B. 

West Augusta Guard of Staunton. 

Captain: John McQuade. 

FH,rst Lieut. : Thos. J. Crowder. Second Lieut. : James T. Byers. 

Junior Second Lieut.: Wm. \^. Logan. 

COMPANY C. 

Harrisonburg Guards of Harrisonburg. 

Captain: John Donovan. 

First Lieut. : L. C. Myers. Second Lieut. : John P. Kerr . 

Junior Second Lieut.: James M. Warren. 

COMPANY F. 

Winchester Light Infantry. 

Captain: John J. Williams. 
First Lieut.: A. M. Baker. Second Lieut. : Fred Blankner. 

Junior Second Lieut. : R. E. Trenarv. 



VISITING MILITARY. 81 

THIRD REGIMENT VIRGINIA INFANTRY, 

HEADQUAKTERS, CHARLOTTESVILLE. 



Colonel: Charles C. Wertenbaker, CJiarlottesville. 
Lieutenant Colonkl: Kirkwood Otey, Lynchburg. 
Major: Francis L. Smitli, Alexavdria. 
Adjutant: Captain R. F. Farley, Danville. 
Quaktermastkr: Captain B. L. Cooper, Culpeper. 
Commissary: Captain J. C. QxxWn, Charlottesville. 
Surgeon: Zenus Barnum, Wa7-re)don. 
Assistant Surgeon : E. A. Stabler, Alexandria. 
Chaplain : R. R. Aoree, Lynchburci. 



COMPANY A. 

Danville Grays. 

Captain : Albert Gerst. 
First LicHtenant : W. T. Hutchings. 
Second Lieutcjiant : J. W. Easley. 
Junior Second Lieutenant: W. P. Arnett. 
52 enlisted men. 

COMPANY B. 

'■'■ Ci(lpej)er Minute Men." 

Captain: William Nalle. 

First Lieittenant : H. C. Burrows. 

Second Lieutenant: J. T. Harris. 

63 enlisted men. 

COMPANY C. 

'■^Warrenton Rifles'." 

Captain: Greenville Gaines. 
Second Lieutenant: T. A. Maddux. 
Junior Second Lieutenant: W. Payne. 
40 enlisted men. 

COMPANY D. 

" Monticello Guards" Charlottesvillt 

Captain : Micajali Woods. 
First Lieutenant: James Blakey. 
Second Lieutenant : Poindexter Drane. 
Junior Second Lieutenant: T. S. Keller. 

64 enlisted men. 



82 VISITING MILITARY. 

COMPANY E. 

Home Guards Lynchhurfj. 

Captain: W. C. Biggers. 
First Lieutenant: Ridgeway Holt. 
Second Lieutenant : Elwyii A. Biggers. 
Junior Second Lieutenant : M. P. Davis. 
46 enlisted men. 

COMPANY F. 

^^ Alexandria Light Infantri/." 

Captain: George McBurney, Jr. i 

First Lieutenant: F. F. Marbury. 
Second Lieutenant: George S. Smith. 
Junior Second Lieutenant: Samuel -L. Monroe. 
56 enlisted men. 

REGIMENTAL BAND. 

Leader: James S. Johnson. 
12 pieces. 
Total strength of Regiment, 370. 



FOURTH REGIMENT VIRGINIxA INFANTRY. 

HEADQUARTERS, WILLIAMSBURG, YA. 
Captain, Richard A. Wise, Senior Captain, Commanding. 
The regiment is provided with Springfield breech-loading rifles. 



"WISE LIGHT INFANTRY." 
Williamsburg^ Va. 

Captain : Richard A. Wise. 
F^^rst Lieutenant : Jno. L. Mercer. 
Second Lieutenant : T. L. Southall. 
Third Lieutenant : H. T. Armistead. 
Surgeon: John A. Young, M. D. 
52 enlisted men. 
This company was organized 27th June, 1871, and is named after 
the late ex-Governor Henry A. Wise. Its uniform is a dark blue frock 
coat, with white trimming.s; English short cut, shoulder knots and 
white buff belts; pantaloons light gray, with dark blue stripe; helmet hat, 
with spike and white horse-hair plumes. Fatigue suit, light blue flannel. 
Connected with the company, and a part of it, is 

"THE MARSHALL CORNET BAND," 
Organized in 1880, and named in honor of the late John R. Marshall, of 
New York, its patron. It has ten musicians, who are privates in the com- 
pany, and is led by W. A. Person, as band leader. 



VISITING MILITARY. >ii 

SUFFOLK GRAYS. 

Sujfolk, Va. 

Captain: Thos. W. Smith. 
First Lieutenant: Benj. F. Cutchins, Jr. 
Second Lieutenant : John T. Riddick. 
Junior Second Lieutenant : Geo. T. Parker. 

PENINSULA GUARDS. 

Hampton^ Va. ' 

Captain: S. B. Wood. 
First Lieutenant : Wm. T. Daughert}-. 
Second Lieutenant : G. M. Richter. 
Junior Second Lieutenant: W. J. Stores. 

Organized January 13, 1877. Uniform: Dark blue, gold trimmings 
helmet with white plume. 40 enlisted men. 

OLD DOMINION GUARD. 

Portsmouth, Va. 

Captain: H. C. Hudgins. 
First Lieutenant: James H. Walker. 
Second Lieidenaiit : James M. Binford. 
Junior Second Lieutenant: John W. Wood. 

RICHMOND LIGHT INFANTRY BLUES. 

Captain: John S. Wise. 

First Lieutenant : Thomas M. Page. 

NORFOLK CITY GUARD. 

Captain: C. A. Nash. 
First Lieutenant: H. Hodges. 
Second Lieutenant : C. C. Lee. 
Junior Second Lieutenant: T. B. Jackson. 
50 men. 
Uniform, dark blue; shakos. Arms, Springfield breech-loading. 



UNATTACHED COMPANIES. 



FARMVILLE GUARDS. 

Farmville, Va. 

Captain: S. W. Paulett. 

First Lieutenant: P. H. C. Rice. 

Second Lieutenant : W. T. Dovne. 



84 VISITING MILITARY. 

KEMPER GUARD, (CAVALRY.) 

Amelia County. 

Captain: J. M. Gills. 
First Lieutenant: J. A. Bhinton. 
Second Lieutenant: J. H. Haskins. 
Third Lieutenant: A. W. Miller. 
50 sabres. 
Note. — It is understood that two additional companies of Cavalry are 
forming, and will be present at Yorktown. They have not reported at date 
of going to press. 



FIRST BATALLION VIRGINIA ARTILLERY. 

HEADQUARTERS, RICHMOND. 

Major: Henry C. Carter, Commanding. 
Ad.jutant: C«/)tom Carlton McCarthey. 
Surgeon : Major Christopher Tompkins. 
Assistant Surgeon : Captain W. E. Harwood. 
Ordnance Officer: First Lieutenant W. H. Aborn. 
Quartermaster: First Lieutenant R. C. M. Wingtield. 
Commissary : First Lieutenant J. Herbert Stiff. 
Chaplain: First Lieutenant J. William Jones. 



NORFOLK LIGHT ARTILLERY BLUES. 

Captain: James W. Gilmer. 
First Lieutenant: H. C. Whitehead. 
Junior First Lieutenant: J. A. Walton. ■ 

Second Lieutenant : George W. Gordon. 
Battery of four three-inch rifled guns. 

PETERSBURG ARTILLERY. 

Captain: J. S. Clary. 
First Lieutenant : G. W. Vaughan. 
Second Lieutenant: John Treshein. 
Battery of four 12-pounder Napoleons. 

RICHMOND HOWITZERS. 

Captain: E. J. Bosher. 
First Lieutenant : W. E. Simons. 
Junior First Lieutenant: F. H. McGuire. 
Batterv of four three-inch rifled guns. 



VISITING MILITARY. 85 

UNATTACHED BATTERY. 



LYNCHBURG LIGHT ARTILLERY BLUES. 

Captain: Frank T. Lee. 
First Lieutenant: Charles Munclay. 
Junior First Lieutenant: Mosby H.Payne. 
Second Lieutenant: William H. Dudley. 
Battery of four 6-pounder bronze guns. 



THE CADETS OF ST. JOHN'S ACADEMY. 

Alexandria. 

Major: Wilfred C. Potter, Commanding. 

Adjutant: Bullard E. Dodd, of Norfolk. 

.Seroeant-Major: Beauregard Clarke, of Anne Arundel County, Md. 

Color-Sergeant: H. B. F. Heath, of Washington, D. C. 

Quartermaster-Sergeant: J. J. Walsh, of Washington, D. C. 

Commissary-Sergeant: J. E. Swaine, of Alexandria, Virginia. 

COMPANY A. 

Captain: D. H. Jones, of Shenandoah County, Virginia. 
First Lieutenant: F. T. Chamberlin, of Washington, D. C. 
Second Lieutenant: G. J. Kerby, of Alexandria, Virginia. 

COMPANY B. 

Captain : Frank F. De Lea, of Chicago, Illinois. 

First Lieutenant : Charles Bendheim, of Alexandria, Virginia. 

Second Lieutenant: F. H. Schneider, of Alexandria, Virginia. 
The young men composing this Cadet Battalion will number 75, and 
will carry to Yorktown nickel-plated breech-loaders, with bayonet. Their 
uniform is a West Point gray coat, with State buttons, breast braid, and 
black facings ; pants with broad, black stripe ; cadet cap of gray, with gold 
embroidered wreath, enclosing the letters " S. J. A." They are well drilled, 
and present a creditable appearance. 



FIRST BATTALION VIRGINIA COLORED 
INFANTRY. 

HEADQUAPvTERS. RICHMOND, VA. 



Major: R. A. Johnson. Commanding. 
Adjutant: J. B. Johnson. 
Quartermaster: Samuel Clarkson. 
Commissary : John Graves. 
Surgeon : J. C. Ferguson. 
The Battalion is provided with Springfield breech-loading rifles. 



86 VISITING MILITARY. 

ATTUCKS GUARDS. 

Richmond. 

Captain : Josiah Crump. 

Fhst Lieutenant: Thomas W. Walker. 

Second Lieutenant : Samuel Sullivan. 

CARNEY GUARD. 

Ilichmo7id. 

Captain: John D. Booker. 

First Lieutenant : C. B. Nicholas. 

Second Lieutenant : N. P. Price. 

UNION GUARD. 

Manchester. 

Captain: J. H. Cunningham. 
First Lieutenant : J. B. Johnson. 
Second Lieutenant: Wm. Bailey. 

VIRGINIA GRAYS. 

Richmond. 

Captain: Ben. Scott. 

First Lieutenant : W. M. Mickens. 

Second Lieutenant : W. H. Banister. 

RICHiMOND LIGHT INFANTRY 

Captain: W. H. Tinsley. 

First Lieutenant : W. H. Bannister. 

Second Lieutenant : B. F. Daburv. 



SECOND BATTALION VIRGINIA COLORED 
INFANTRY. 

HEADQUAKTERS, NOPvFOLK, VA. 

Ma.jou: William H. Palmer, Commanding. 
Adjutant: First Lieutenant Moses F. Jordan. 
Quartermaster: First Lieutenant Israel E. Whitehurst. 
Commissary : First Lieutenant Jeffrey T. Wilson. 
Chaplin: First Lieutenant E. H. Boiden. 



LANGSTON GUARDS. 

Norfolk, Va. 

[Organized November 7. 1873.] 
Captain: Peter Shepherd. .Jr. 
First Lieutenant : S. S. Reid. 
Second Lieutenant : A. S. Brown. 
50 enlisted men ; Springfield breech-loaders. 



VISITING MILITARY. 87 

NATIONAL GUARDS. 

Norfolk, Va. 

[Organized June 25, 1879.] 
Captain: E. W. Gould. 
Fh-st Lieutenant : T. E. Wisher. 
Second Lieutenant: C. H. Robinson. 
50 enlisted men. 

HANNIBAL GUAKDS. 

Norfolk, Va. 

[Organized October 13, 1879.] 

Captain: Wm. H. Mills. 
First Lieutenant : J. H. Smith. 
Second Lieutenant : A. A. Miller. 
55 enlisted men ; Springfield muzzle-loaders. 

VIRGINIA GUARD. 

Portsmouth. 

[Organized May 19, 1875.] 
Captain: J. E. Manning. 
First Lieutenant: G. W. Gordon. 
Second Lieutenant: J. T. White. 
50 enlisted men ; Springfield breech-loaders. 

SEABOARD ELLIOTT GRAYS. 

Portsmouth. 

[Organized March 12, 1875.] 

Captain: J. O. Corprew. 
First Lieutenant: L. L. Rooks. 
Second Lieutenant: W. H. Ackis. 
Third Lieutenant: G. L. Blunt. 
50 men ; Springfield muzzle-loaders. 



UNATTACHED COMPANIES COLORED 
INFANTRY. 



STATE GUARD. 
Richmond. 

Captain : R. A. Paul. 
First Lieutenant: H. C. Gilliam. 
Second Lieutenant: D. W. A. Frazer; 
Junior Second Lieutenant : Scott Emmett. 
.50 men ; Springfield breech-loaders. 



88 VISITING MILITARY. 

HILL CITY GUARD. 

Lynchburg. 

Captain: Z. A. Langley. 

First Lieutenant: Samuel. Campbell. 

DOUGLASS GUARD. 

Danville. 

Captain: AV. .J. Keid. 
First Lieutenant : W. H. Jones. 
SeQond Lieutenant: Archie Robinson. 
Jwiior Second Lieutenant : D. D. Williams. 
50 men; Springfield muzzle-loaders. 

LIBBY GUARD. 

Hamilton. 

[Organized May 16, 1877.] 
Captain: James A. Fields. 
First Lieutenant: J. M. Simpson. 
Second Lieutenant: William Randall. 
50 men; Springfield muzzle-loaders. 

LYNCHBURG VIRGINIA GUARD. 

Captain: J. H. Merchant. 
First Lieutenant : Marcellus Isbell. 
Second Lirjitenant: .John W.Johnson. 
50 men ; Springfield muzzle-loaders. 

PETERSBURG GUARD. 

Captain: J. H. Hill. 
First Lieutenant: C. C. McKenzie. 
Second Lieutenant : W. F. Jackson. 
60 men ; Springfield muzzle-loaders. 

FLIPPER GUARDS. 

Petersburg. 

Captain : James E. Hill. 
F^rst Lieutenant: Edward Randolph. 
Second Lieutenant: E. J. Archer. 
62 men ; Springfield muzzle-loaders. 

PETERSBURG BLUES. 

Captain: P. L. Farley. 

First Lieutenant: Jacob .Johnson. 

Second Lieutenant: James M. Farley. 
65 men ; Springfield muzzle-loaders. 
NoTK. — As regards the unattached companies from the State of Virginia, 
it is probable that some of them may., from various reasons, be unable to be 
present. It is the intention of the authorities that the whole State militia 
shall be assembled at Yorktown, and, at date of going to press, all but one 
or two companies had reported to the Master of Ceremonies. It was ac- 
cordingly deemed best to give all the benefit of the doubt, and report them 
in the Programme. 



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The siege and surrender of Yorktown, whereby at one and the same 
lucky moment the career of the boldest, and, perhaps the ablest general 
sent by the British Government to crush the rebellion of the American 
Colonies, was arrested, and the Revolution itself brought to a successful and 
brilliant culmination, is among the surprises of history. It is, perhaps, 
too much to say that but for the fortunate issue at Yorktown the British 
arms would in the end have been triumphant, for a spirit as determined 
and self-sacrificing as that which had emerged from Valley Forge could not 
have been suppressed, and was fated, from the very conditions of civiliza- 
tion in a progressive age, to exist as free and independent as the air which 
surrounded its limitless forests and fields. Yet the strange and unforeseen 
necessities which compelled a victorious general with a disciplined army to 
coop himself up behind entrenchments at a questionably strategic point in 
southeastern Virginia, and the equally unexpected development of military 
strategy upon the part of Washington, which involved the abandonment 
of a strong position, a rapid march of four hundred miles, from the Hud- 
son to the Rappahannock, and the crushing of a famous foe at a point 
where no assistance could reach him, forms the most positive and absorbing 
act of the whole .struggle. Cornwallis's southern campaign had been as 
brilliant as his success was pronounced. Savannah had been taken, and 
Georgia restored to the crown. Charfeton had fallen, and South Carolina 
occupied at every important point. Gates had been crushed at Camden, 
and Greene at Guilford Court-House, and North Carolina in turn had fallen 
a prey to the enemy. King's Mountain and the Cowpens stand out as the 
only compensating features in a campaign that contemplated and seemed to 
promise the subjection of the South. Cornwallis had retired to Wilming- 
ton, where reinforcements from Clinton were expected to meet him, ere 
entering upon a foray which would include Virginia among the trophies of 
his renown. Washington, with a wretchedly clothed and half-fed army, 
worn out with the fluctuating struggle of six long years, was maintaining 
a skirmishing and predatory conflict on the flanks of Clinton's works on 
New York island and along the Hudson, while awaiting the advance of 
Rochambeau, and, disappointed by a letter from De Grasse, announcing 
his intention to remain in the West Indies, which forced him to abandon 
even the movement for which Rochambeau was then en route., was, for the 
last time, wholly discouraged at the thought that another year would close 

(93) 



94 THE SIEGE OF YORKTOWN. 

with the patriot cause still undecided. The moment was one wherein dis- 
aster seemed imminent, and nothing certain except the triumphant progress 
of the boldest and most dangerous of the British leaders, whom Greene had 
styled " the modern Hannibal," and whom even the enthusiastic La Fayette 
was forced to refer to as "the formidable general who made no mistakes." 
Such was the situation in the middle of August, 1781. Uncertainty, 
anxiety, indecision, and dread among the patriots ; enthusiasm, triumph, 
and confidence with the enemy in the field ; increasing hopes and spirits of 
the home ministry that the rebellion was about to succumb to the courage 
and prowess of the British arms. Two months later, as if bj' magic, the 
scene had changed as suddenly and completely as though an unsefen and 
irresistible hand had reached out, and overturned and revolutionized the 
situation. The most famous of the British commanders had surrendered 
his whole armj', and was a prisoner in the hands of Washington; Vir- 
ginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia were restored to the 
patriot cause; and a victory had been gained, which was hailed in Paris by 
a general illumination and a Te Deum in the churches, and in England by 
a change of public opinion, which six months later impelled the Commons 
to authorize the king to make peace with America. The surrender of 
Cornwallis secured the independence of the United States, and made the 
wildest dreams of the patriots a delightful reality. 

CORN-WALLIS. 

Charles Cornwallis, second Earl of Cornwallis, was born at Culford House^ 
Suffolk, on the 31st of December, 1738. He was educated at Eton and St. 
John's College, Cambridge; entered ihe army in 1759, and succeeded to 
the title and estate in 1761 ; served during the Seven Years' War as aide- 
de-camp to the Marquis of Granby ; was made a colonel in 1770, and, four 
years later, appointed Governor of the Tower of London. Though per- 
sonally opposed to the war with the colonies, he accompanied his regiment, 
the 33d Foot hither, — and was the most competent and energetic of all 
the British generals sent here during the war; but the cruelties practiced 
by his orders have left an indelible stain on his character. " The conduct 
of Lord Cornwallis during his march of over fifteen hundred miles through 
the Southern States," says Lossing, " was often disgraceful to the British 
name. He sufiered dwelling-houses to be plundered of everything that 
could be carried oft', and it is well known that his lordship's table was fur- 
nished with plate thus obtained from private families. ■ His march was 
more frequently that of a marauder than of an honorable general. It is 
estimated that Virginia alone lost, during Cornwallis's attempt to reduce 
it, thirty thousand, slaves. It was estimated at the time, from the best in- 
formation that could be obtained, that during the six months previous to 
the surrender of Yorktown, the devastations of his army amounted in value 



THE SIEGE OF YORKTOWN. 95 

to about fifteen millions of dollars." His engagements with the Americans 
were generally successful. Landing in New York, in 1776, he defeated 
Lord Sterling on Long Island on the 27th of August, captured Fort Lee 
in November, was present at Trenton a year later, when he was repulsed 
by Washington, and participated in the campaign of 1777-'78, in and about 
New Jersey and Pennsylvania. In 1780 (April 18) he arrived at Charles- 
ton, South Carolina, with 3,000 men, where he reinforced Clinton, then 
engaged in the siege of Charleston, and subsequently entered upon his 
famous raid through the Carolinas, where, although baffled by LaFayette^ 
he defeated Gates at Camden and Greene at Guilford Couri-House, and fell 
back upon Wilmington, (April 7, 178'4,) where our narrative finds him 
about to enter upon the conquest of Virginia. 

After his surrender — for which he was censured, but, being high in favor 
at court, escaped serious reprimand — he returned to England, and was ap- 
pointed Governor-General of India, which he held six years, during which 
period he'conquered the renowned Tippoo Saib, for which service he was 
created a Marquis, and made Master of Ordnance. From 1798 to 1801 he 
was Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, and was instrumental in restoring peace 
to that unfortunate country, then, as usual, distracted by rebellion. As 
plenipotentiary to Paris, in 1802, he negotiated and signed the treaty of 
Amiens, and, two years later, was again made Governor-General of India. 
He died in October, 1805, at Ghazepore, in Benares, at the age of sixty- 
seven, having accomplished a career of which any Englishman may well 
be proud. 

THE BRITISH INVADE VIRGINIA. 

• 
In the spring of 1781 Cornwallis left Wilmington, North Carolina, with 
his army of about eight thousand strong, and crossed into Virginia to enter 
upon a campaign the most disastrous in his eventful career, and one that 
was fated in its results to secure forever the independence of the United 
Colonies. After raiding through the heart of Virginia, and finding the- 
forces of La Fayette, Steuben, and Wayne too formidable to play with, the 
Earl deemed it prudent to withdraw toward the sea-shore, where commu- 
nication with, and, possibly, reinforcement from Clinton would be more 
certain. He accordingly retreated to Kichmond, thence crossed the Chick- 
ahominy to Williamsburg and Jamestown, at both of which points he had 
a brush with the Americans, and then down the James to Portsmouth, 
(opposite Norfolk,) where he went into camp about the 12th of July. In 
his retreat he wasirlosely pursued and annoyed by Wayne and La Fayette,- 
and was still further discomforted by having received a requisition from 
Clinton to send a portion of his troops immediately to New York. 

This requisition, however, was countermanded, and Cornwallis directed 
to secure some strong position on the Chesapeake, and continue his harassing. 



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'96 THE SIEGE OF YORKTOWX. 

warfare in Virginia and Maryland. In pursuance of these tactics, the bluffs 
of the York about Yorktown and Gloucester — about twenty-four miles from 
Old Point Comfort — appearing tiie most eligible for offensive and defensive 
operations, he evacuated Portsmouth on the 20th of September, and on the 
22d, his whole army, about 7,000 strong, was concentrated at these points, 
and immediately entered upon the work of fortification. His line of works, 
which completely surrounded the village of Yorktown, consisted of seven 
redoubts and six batteries on the land side, connected by intrenchments ; a 
line of batteries on the river bank commanding the channel ; seven redoubts 
on the outworks, and some field works at a communicating distance to im- 
pede the approach of an enemy. A line of intrenchments were also extended 
across the peninsula in the rear of Gloucester. Yorktown then contained 
About sixty houses and not exceeding four hundred inhabitants. La 
Fayette in the meantime was within observing distance, but not sufficiently 
strong, and strategically indisposed, to impede the progress of fortification. 
Thus the two forces confronted each other until about the 1st of 8eptember, 
1781, each awaiting reinforcements, as both Washington and Clinton had 
arranged to transfer the campaign to Virginia soil. 

THE SCENE OF ACTION. 

Yorktown had been an important town of the Old Dominion. Estab- 
lished in 1705, twenty years later it was the centre of a thriving country — 
an Episcopal parish of sixty communicants, and for a period vied in import- 
ance even with Williamsburg, the capital. It was, and is, situated upon a 
high bluff of stone marl, on the south bank of the York, about twelve miles 
from its mouth, on a level plateau, embraced by deep ravines on either side, 
which nearly meet in its rear. The river, which has an average width, above 
and below, of some two miles, is narrowed by a projecting cape, on which 
stood the settlement of Gloucester, a thriving place of a considerable com- 
merce, from which most of the tobacco grown on the north bank was shipped 
to England. The surrounding country is quite level ; but between it and 
Williamsburg a pine forest lines the most of the roadwaj', relieved here and 
there by occasional clearings, which increase as they reach the Chicka" 
hominy. 

In many respects the point was strategic. Magruder so regarded it in 
1861, when, having been assigned by the Confederate Government to the 
command of the District of Henrico, his earliest efforts were devoted to for- 
tifying the point, to defeat which, Butler sent out the ill-fated reconnoissance 
which met its disaster at Great Bethel on the 10th of June, 1861. The time 
gained by this engagement enabled Magruder to erect works from York- 
town across to the James, and to connect them by damming up the War- 
wick river, and thus, with a mere handful of from ten to fifteen thousand 
jnen, held McClellan in check long enough for Joe Johnston to move out 



THE SIEGE OF YORKTOWN. 97 

frorn Richmond, when the two bewildered and confused him, until the Con- 
federate authorities at Richmond had organized that army which prevented 
him from ever capturing the rebel capital. Cornwallis claimed, after the 
surrender, that he never regarded Yorktown as a favorable point for fortifi- 
cation, but that he occupied it in obedience to the wishes of Clinton. Clin- 
ton, in his defense, asserted that Cornwallis's instructions were discretionary, 
and the controver.sy. growing out of the attempt of both to defend their 
positions, continued until both had gone down to their graves, to the infinite 
amusement of a select circle of admirers, who long held ■' Yorktown " as an 
aggravating nom de guerre with which to stir up the two never reconciled 
generals. Looking at the question, however, from a military point of view, 
wholly devoid from the fact that DeGrasse's fleet had solved the problem 
without the knowledge of either Clinton, at New York, or Cornwallis, at 
Yorktown, it must be admitted that the latter 's selection of that point was 
judicious and defensible. 

THE FRENCH FLEET ENTERS THE CHESAPEAKE. 

On the 31st of August the Count De Grasse, with twenty-eight ships and 
3,200 troops, under the command of the Marquis De St. Simon, arrived off 
Cape Henry, and reported to La Fayette. The troops were borrowed from 
the garrison at St. Domingo, with the promise to return them by the 15th 
of October, and consisted of detachments from the regiments of Agenois, 
Tourraine, and Gatinois, 100 artillery, 100 dragoons, ten pieces of field ord- 
nance and several of seige artillery and mortars. Informed of the situa- 
tion, De Grasse immediately dispatched four ships of the line and several 
frigates to blockade the mouth of the York, and landed the troops to join 
La Fayette. Cornwallis'ssituation was now critical, and he Was not slow to 
perceive it. He conceived a plan for escaping to North Carolina, but the 
vigilance of La Fayette prevented it; and, consoling himself with the hope 
that Clinton would send him timely aid, settled himself down to await the 
progress of events. 

At sunrise, on the morning of the 5th of September, the French fleet lay 
in Lynn Haven bay, near Cape Henry, and within the inclosure now so 
familiarly known as Hampton Roads, when the British fleet, under Admiral 
Graves, consisting of seventeen sail of the line, appeared oil' Cape Charles. 
The wind was fair, and the British fleet sailed directly to the attack. De 
Grasse, desiring more room for the conflict, slipped his cables and put to 
sea, followed by Graves, and both fleets, in attempting to gain the wind- 
ward, slowly moved eastward, clear of the Capes, upon the broad Atlantic. 
At four o'clock in the afternoon a partial action commenced, which con- 
tinued until sunset, without much damage to either side. For five succes- 
sive days the hostile fleets were in sight of each other, neither desirous of 
renewing the conflict, until, on the 10th, De Grasse returned to the Chasa- 



98 THE SIEGE OF YORKTOWN. 

peakc, and anchored in Lynn Haven bay, where he found De Barras with 
his squadron, and a considerable land force under M. De Clioise, with heavy 
artillery and military stores for the siege of Yorktown. Graves approached 
the Capes, but finding a force with which he was unable to contend, bore 
away and returned to New York. 

While the allies are e?i route to i)articipate in the final act of the drama 
of revolution, and Cornwallis is arrangins; the scene upon which the cur- 
tain is about to fall before the grand tableau of a free and independent 
nation, let us glance a moment at the actors who assisted in rendering it so 
magnificent a spectacle. 

THE AMERICAN LEADERS. 

Of the American leaders it is scarcely necessary to s]>eak. Their lives 
are the glorious memory and heritage of their countrymen ; their deeds the 
glorv and pride of the Republic. Lincoln, the sturdy Hingham farmer, 
who abandoned the plow to grasp the sword at Bunker Hill, and wore it 
bravely and without ceasing to the end ; Knox, the Boston bookseller, who 
commanded the American artillery throughout the long conflict and suc- 
ceeded Lincoln as Secretary of "War ; Muhlenberg, the Pennsylvanian 
pastor, who laid aside his sacerdotal gown at the altar to reveal beneath, the 
regimental dress of a colonel; Wayne — "Mad Anthony" — the hand- 
some, valiant hero of Monmouth and the Brandywine; Clinton. Hamil- 
ton, Laurens, Nelson, Stevens, Schammel, Tighlman, and at their head the 
grand and irreproachable Washington, whose life and renown are as dear 
and imperishable to an American as his own. Few of the chiefs who had 
struggled through the long conflict, and were destined to honor in the 
councils of the new nation were absent from Yorktown. It was as if the 
caprices of fate had ordered that those who had fought so long and so 
bravely should unite to participate in the magnificent reward. Of the for- 
eign leaders, less is generally known concerning their earlier and later 
lives, and none the less deserving, are they entitled to brief mention. 

De ROCHAMBEAU. 

Jean Baptiste Donatien de 'S'imeur, Count de Kochambeau, was born at 
Vendome. in 1725, and entered the army at the age of sixteen. In 1746 he 
was an aide-de-camp to Louis Phillipe, Duke of Orleans, and soon after- 
wards wa8 appointed to the command of the regiment of La Marche. Hedis- 
tinguishedhimselfatthebattleofLafeldt. where he was wounded ; at Creveldt, 
Minden,Corbach, and Clostercamp, and was made lieutenant-general in 1779. 
He came to America in 1780, in command of a French army of 6,000 men. 
and by this timely intervention contributed in an eminent degree to the 
final success of the cause. Returning td France, after the Revolution, he 
was raised to the rank of a field marshal, and. during the French Revolu- 



THE SIEGE OF YORKTOWN. 99 

tion, commanded the army of the north. He was superceded, and suflTered 
the persecutions of calumny, hut a decree of approbation was passed in 
1792, when he retired to his Vendome estates. Under the tyrannous gov- 
ernment of Robespierre he was arrested, and narrowly escaped death ; but, 
during the Empire, Bonaparte granted him a pension and the cross of grand 
otBcer of the Legion of Honor. He died in 1807, at the age of eighty-two. 

De GRASSE. 

Francois Joseph Paul, Count de Grasse, was born in France, in 1723, 
and came to America in 1781, in command of the French fleet, with the 
title of lieutenant general, and although the junior of the Admiral Count 
dc Barras, was made his superior in command. His cooperation was made 
valuable to the Americans, and for his services at Yorktown he received 
the thanks of Congress in equal conjunction with Washington and Rocham- 
beau. His domestic relations seem to have been very unhappy ; his second 
wife, whom he married after returning from America, proving a very un- 
worthy woman. His life became a burden, particularly after losing the 
favor of the king in consequence of an unfortunate military movement, and 
he died early in 1788, at the age of sixty-five. Alluding to the unhappi- 
ness of his latter days, "Washington, in a letter to Rochambeau, in April, 
1788, on hearing of his death, said : " His frailties should now be buried in 
the grave with him, while his name will be long deservedly dear to this 
country on account of his successful cooperation in the glorious campaign 
of 1781. The Cincinnati in some of the States have gone into mourning 
for him." 

La FAYETTE. 

Marie Paul Joseph Rochyves Gilbert-Mottiers, Marquis de La Fayette, 
was born on the 6th of September, 1757, and in 1774, when but seventeen 
years of age, married the Countess Anastatic de Noailles, daughter of the 
Duke de Noailles, a young lady of immense fortune. He came to America 
in 1777, and, with his great influence at the French Court, united to a gen- 
erous purse, a valiant sword, and excellent counsel, rendered the most em- 
inent'-ftid in our struggle for independence. He returned to France a year 
later, where his large influence was directed to securing that invaluable 
assistance of his nation, both in men and means, which so fortunatelj- turned 
the tide in our favor ; and, although present, and performing a conspicuous 
part at Yorktown, he, for the second time, returned home, and by his per- 
sonal exertions was raising a large army for our aid when the intelligence 
of peace reached him. Returning to America in 1784, he was received 
everywhere with unbounded enthusiasm, and again called home by the 
emergency of pressing political events, bore with him the honors and bless- 
ings of a free people. 



100 THE SIEGE OF YORKTOWN. 

His services to his own King and country were no less eminent. During- 
the stormy period of the first Revolution he was an active member of the 
Assembly; always the advocate of civil liberty, but conservative and just, 
so that because of his moderation he was obliged to flee from France during 
the height of the revolution, and, being captured, was confined for three 
years in a dungeon at Olmutz. He suff"ered greatly in person and fortune 
during the reign of Napoleon, but, on his downfall, returned to public life, 
and became a member of the Chamber of Deputies. In 1824 he again came 
to America, as the agent of the nation and the people, and his journey 
through the land was one continued ovation, showing his name next to that 
of Washington to be dearest to the great American heart. Greater honors 
were yet in store for him, for at the Revolution of 1830 he was proffered 
and refused the constitutional crown of France, but designated Louis 
Phillippe, Duke of Orleans, as the proper recipient — a most unworthy trust,, 
involving not alone a betrayal of the confidence of the people, but the basest 
ingratitude to La Fayette. He died in 1834, at the age of seventy-seven, 
and hi? remains rest in the beautiful and aristocratic cemetery of Pigpers, 
near Paris. 

STEUBEN. 

Frederick William Augustus, Baron de Steuben, was born at Magdeburg, 
Prussia, November 17, 1730; was educated at the college of Niesse and 
. Breslau, and at the age of fourteen served at the siege of Prague. He wa* 
appointed a cadet at seventeen, and at the early age of twenty-eight had 
risen to the rank of Adjutant General. Four years later he was Adjutant 
General to Frederick the Great, who appointed him Grand Marshal, and 
recommended him to Prince Charles of Baden, in whose service he entered 
with the rank of Lieutenant General. From this hour honors showered 
thick upon him. He was made Grand Marshal and General of the Guard 
of the Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Knight of the Order of Fidel- 
ity by the Prince Margrave of Baden, and refused tempting and brilliant 
offers from the Emperor of Austria and the King of Sardinia. While 
hesitating at Paris, in 1777, he was invited by the Count St. Germain to go- 
to America, and, fired by an ardent love for the cause in which the Col- 
onies were embarked, he immediately sailed, landed at Portsmouth, Vir- 
ginia, December 1, 1777, and tendered his services to Washington as a 
volunteer. 

He joined the army at Valley Forge, then in its most distressing condi- 
tion, and, having been appointed Inspector General, devoted his whole 
attention to a reorganization of the army, and prepared a manual of tactics 
and regulations for its government and discipline. He was present in 
action at Monmouth Court House, was a member of the court-martial for 
the trial of Major Andre, and otherwise performed most eminent services 
in the revolutionary cause. He was an officer of marked ability, and gen- 



THE SIEGE OF YORKTOWN, 101 

erous to a fault, spending his whole fortune in clothing the soldiers, and 
giving his last dollar to the man who needed it. For this unexampled gen- 
erosity Congress made tardy reparation, and it was left for the State of New 
Jersey to make the first offer in the shape of a small farm, which was fol- 
lowed by the State of New York with the gift of 1,600 acres of wild land 
in Oneida county. Generous to the end he divided this land among his 
aides and servants, reserving a mere parcel for himself, on which he erected 
a log-house, where he resided until his death, of apoplexy or paralysis, on 
the 28th of November, 1795. Congress finally granted him a pension of 
$2,500, but never repaid its principal indebtedness. His remains now lie in 
a modest cemetery in the town of Steuben, about seven miles from Trenton 
Falls. 

WASHINGTON MOVES SOUTH. 

On the Gth of July, 1781, Rochambeau joined Washington at Dobb's 
Ferry, on the Hud.son, and the two generals conferred respecting an attack 
by the allied armies on the city of New York, which was soon abandoned, 
owing to intelligence from Virginia regarding the movements of Corn- 
wallis, the unexpected arrival of reinforcements to Clinton, and the receipt 
of a letter from De Grasse announcing his intention to remain in the West 
Indies. "It is related," says Lossing, "that7 when Washington received 
the letter froni De Grasse, Robert Morris, the Superintendent of Finance, 
and Richard Peters, the Secretary of the Board of War, were at the head- 
quarters of the General, at Livingstone house, and were present. Washing- 
ton was bitterly disappointed, for he saw no fair hope of •success without 
the aid of a fleet. The cloud upon his brow was but for a moment. He 
instantly conbeived the expedition to Virginia, and, turning to Judge 
Peters, asked, 'What can you do for meV' 'With money, everything — 
without it, nothing,' was his brief reply, at the same time turning an 
anxious look toward Morris. ' Let me know the sum you desire." said the 
patriot financier, comprehending the expression of his eye." 

Before noon Washington completed his estimates, and arrangements were 
made with Morris for the funds. Twenty thousand hard dollars wore 
loaned from Count De Rochambeau, which Mr. Morris agreed to replace 
by the 1st of October. The arrival of Colonel Laurens from France on the 
25th of August, with two millions and a half of livres, a part of a dona- 
tion of six millions by Louis XVI to the United States, enabled the Super- 
intendent of Finance to fulfill his engagement without difflcuHy." 

Thus, about the last of August, the allies crossed the Hudson and 
marched southward to co-operate with La Fayette, in Virginia. When 
they reached the head of the Elk there were not sufficient vessels to trans- 
port them, and accordingly all of the French and a large portion of the 
Americans made their way to Annapolis and Baltimore by land. Wash- 



102 THE SIEGE OF YORKTOWN. 

ingtoii, with liochainbeau and the Marquis De Chastellux reached Balti- 
more on the 8th of September, where the General left his associates and 
proceeded to M'ount Vernon, which he visited for the first time since he had 
left it to attend the Continental Congress in 1775, a period of nearly six 
years and a half. On the evening of the 14th he arrived at Williamsburg, 
where the columns were directed to rendezvous, and on the 28th the com- 
bined armies, about 12,000 strong, left Williamsburg by different roads, 
and marched toward Yorktown. 

CORNWALLIS S DANGER. 

When Clinton awoke to the fact that Washington had slipped away front 
him, and was en route to Virginia, Cornwallis's danger suddenly loomed 
before him as a gaunt spectre. With a duplicity that liad four years before- 
lured Burgoyne to his fate-, he sent ready dispatches to the York, advising 
Cornwallisof his danger, and promising a relief of 5,000 troops that would 
certainly sail on the 6th of October. Had not this promise been made 
Cornwallis might have easily abandoned his position, and retreated to North 
Carolina, instead of withdrawing, as he did, within his interior works, 
confident that he could hold them against any force until the arrival of his 
reinforcements. His position proved to be as weak as it was unfortunate. 
Beside throwing up works about the town, which were protected on the- 
right by a ravine, and on the left by the head of Wormley creek, he had 
occupied the high ground on the Williamsburg road, about a half mile 
from town, then, as now, known as "Pigeon Quarter," where Magruder's 
redoubts stood in 1862, and awaited developments. La Fayette's little army 
had been engaged in dodging Cornwallis ever since he had entered the 
State, and the arrival of AVashington was received with unbounded enthusi- 
asm. The arrival decided Cornwallis to abandon the works at Pigeon 
Quarter, which the allies promptly occupied, and thus found themselves in 
an unexpectedly favorable position for advancing the siege. 

THE FORCES ENGAGED. 

On the 30th, Yorktown was completely invested by the allied armies, 
their line extending in a semi-circle at a distance of two miles from the 
British works, each wing resting upon the York. The disposition was as 
follows : 

The Extreiue Left. — The French regiments of Catenois, Touraine and 
ArgenOis, under the Marshall De St. Simon, about 3,200 officers and 
men. 

Left Centre. — The French light infantry regiments of Santange and Sois- 
sonnois, under the Viscount Viomenil, and of Deuxponts and Bour- 
bonnois, under the Baron Viomenil, about 2,000 officers and men. 



THE SIEGE OF YORKTOWN. 103 

Centre. — The Frencii Artillery, under Adjutant-General the Count De 
Deuxponts, and the American artillery, under General Knox, 
about 200 men, behind which were the headquarters of Rocham- 
BEAU and WASHINGTON, the former slightly advanced. 

Rigid Centre. — The First Division of the Continental Army, under General 
the Baron Steuben, composed of the First Brigade, General Wayne, 
comprising the Pennsylvania regiments commanded by Colonels 
Richard Butler and Walter Stewart, and a Virginia Continental 
regiment under Lieutenant-Colonol Gaskins; the Second Brigade, 
General Gist, composed of the two Maryland regiments commanded 
by Colonel Adams and Major Roxburgh. 

Right. — The corps of light infantry known as the Second Division, under 
General the ^Marquis La Fayette. This was made up of the First 
Brigade, General Muhlenberg, comprising the First Battalion under 
Colonel Vose, of Massachusetts; the Second, Lieutenant-Colonel 
Gimat, aide to La Fayette; Third, Lieutenant Colonel Barber, of New 
Jersey; the Second Brigade, General Hazen, comprising the First 
Battalion under Lieutenant Colonel Huntington, of Connecticut; 
the Second, Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Hamilton, of New York; 
the Third, Lieutenant-Colonel Laurens, of South Carolina, together 
with Hazen's old Canadian regiment. 

Tlie Extreme Right. — The Third Division, under General Lincoln. This 
included the First Brigade, General James Clinton, comprising the 
New York regiments, commanded by Colonels Van Cortlandt and 
Van Schaik ; the Second Brigade, Colonel Dayton, comprising 
Olney's Rhode Island regiment, and Ogden's and Dayton's New 
Jersey battalions. With this division was the Virginia Militia, 
Governor Nelson commanding, with Brigadiers Weeden, Stevens, 
and Lawson. 

The three divisions numbered not far from ten thousand officers and 
men, of which between three and four thousand were militia. This, with 
the French left wing, made up an aggregate allied force of nearly fifteen 
thousand before Yorktown. 

At Gloucester, where Lieutenant-Colonels Dundas and Tarleton were 
entrenched, the investing force consisted of the Duke de Cawzan, with his 
legion of cavalry, the marines from the squadron of Barras, and a brigade 
of Virginia militia, under General Weeden ; the whole commanded by the 
French General M. de Choise, aggregating about one thousand officers and 
men. 



104 THE SIEGE OF YORKTOWN. 

THE BRITISH. 

The total British force, as near as can be ascertained, was not far from 
twelve thousand, but how many of these were non-combatants cannot be 
exactly determined. A close calculation is as follows : Surrendered, 7,247 : 
killed, 156; wounded, 326; sailors embraced in the capitulation, 2,(X)0; 
negroes, 1,800; tories, 1,500; giving a total strength to the enemy of 
13,030. Cornwallis's command included the King's Guards, 527 ; the Light 
Infantry, 671; Seventeenth Foot, 245; Twenty-third, '233; Thirty-third. 
260; Forty-third, 359 ; Seventy-first, 300 ; vSeventy-sixth, 715; Eightieth, 
689; Tarlton's Legion, 241; Simcoe's Queen's Rangers, 320; Auspach 
and Bayreuthian Regiments, 1,017; the regiment of De Bose, 349; the reg- 
iment of the Prince Hereditarj', 484; Yager's 74; North Cai-olina Volun- 
teers, 142 ; Pioneers and Engineers, 69; the artillery corps. 233 ; stall* de- 
partments, 321. The figures are the number surrendered. General O'Hara 
was the second in command after Cornwallis, the left of the works being 
under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Abercombie, aftd the right under 
Lieutenant Colonel Dundas. 

The first week in October was devoted by the allies to a thorough recon- 
noissance of the grounds, the making of gabions, fascines, and stakes, the 
bringing up of heavy guns, careful survey for approaches, and other nec- 
essary preparations for the siege. The enemy meantime opened fire on the 
pickets and observing parties having shown themselves, managed by one 
single shot, on the 3d, to pick off four men of the Pennsylvania line. 

THE SIEGE OPENS. 

On the evening of the 6th, which was uncommonly dark and stormy, all 
things being in readiness, 3,000 men, with shovels and gabions, broke 
ground for the first parallel within 600 yards of Cornwallis's line. So 
silently and earnestly did they labor that by daylight of the 7th a respectable 
entrenchment had been completed, running from the York around to thi- 
works at Pigeon Quarter, and a couple hours later, with drums beating and 
colors flying, the troopsentered the parallel, and planted their standards. For 
four days and nights the work continued, and by the afternoon of the 9th 
several batteries and redoubts had been captured, and a general bombard- 
ment at once opened upon Yorktown. For nearly eight hours an incessant 
roar of cannons and mortars reverberated along the river blufi's, and hun- 
dreds of bombs and tons of red shot were poured upon the British works. 
It is a matter of historic doubt as to whether Washington fired the first 
shot, the best information asserting that the first to fire at three o'clock on 
the afternoon of the 9th was a French battery on the extreme left. It is 
still possible to conceive that Washington was present even at that point, 
and there is irood reason to believe that this first shot crashed into a house 



THE SIEGE OF YORKTOWN. 105 

in Yorktown, and that its results were singularly fatal, killing Cornwallis's 
Commissar J' General, and wounding the Quartermaster and Adjutant of 
the Seventy-sixth". So tremendous was this bombardment that the British 
soon withdrew their cannon fi'om the embrasures, and two British vessels 
in the river were driven from their posts, one of which, the Charon, of 
forty-four guns, and three large transports, were burned. All night the 
■allies kept up the bombardment, during which still another British vessel 
was inflamed and consume^. 

A second parallel was commenced on the evening of the 11th still nearer 
to the British line, and for the three following days the entire force devoted 
itself to the completion of this line of trenches. A serious obstacle was en- 
countered in the fact that the new parallel would not form a sufficient 
investment unless it could be extended on the right to the river bank, where 
the ground was occupied by two outer British redoubts. Preparations were 
accordingly made on the 14th to carry them by storm. 



AT THE POINT OF THE BAYONET. 

To excite a spirit of emulation the reduction of one was committed to La 
Fayette with the light infantry, and the other to the French chasseurs and 
grenadiers under Major General the Baron de Vioraenil. Colonel Alexan- 
der Hamilton led the advance of the Americans, while Colonel Laurens, 
with 80 men, turned the redoubts to intercept the retreat. "At a given 
signal," says Lossing, " the troops rushed furiously to the charge without 
firing a gun, the van being led by Captain Aaron Ogden, of New Jersey. 
Over the abattis and palisades they leaped, and with such vehemence and 
rapidity assaulted and entered the works that their loss was inconsiderable. 
One sergeant and eight privates were killed ; seven officers and twenty-five 
men wounded. * * * Major Campbell, who commanded the redoubts, 
and some twenty men were made prisoners. The French were no less suc- 
cessful, they encountered a garrison exceeding 120, commanded by a valiant 
lieutenant colonel, but after a combat of about one-half hour the redoubt 
surrendered with forty-two prisoners. The French loss in killed and 
wounded was about 100 men." We are informed that Washington watched 
every movement of the assault through the embrasures with great anxiety, 
and was so highly gratified with the success that he congratulated the 
armies in the general orders of the next day. It was this engagement that 
restored to the regiment of Gatenois its original name of Royal Auvergne. 

So terrible had been the bombardment of the last week that the fire of the 
enemy had been almost entirely silenced, and some of their batteries, says 
Johnston, "the fascines, platform guns, and gun-carriages were all pounded 
together in a broken mass, while shot and shell enfiladed the town from one 



106 THE SIEGE OF YORKTOWN. 

end to the other. Cornwalliss own headquarters (the Nelson house) became 
untenable almost from the beginning of the bombardment." During the 
night of the 14th these redoubts were included in the second parallel, howit- 
zers mounted, and a fire opened upon the British works. 

THE EARL TRIES TO ESCAPE. 

Cornwallis, thoroughly appreciating his critical position, beleaguered on 
all sides by superior and determined force, his defenses crumbling or pass- 
ing, one by one, into the possession of the besiegers, and no tidings of the 
expected succor from Clinton, determined to make a desperate eftort at 
flight. On the night of the 16th he attempted to escape across the river tO' 
(Gloucester, leaving his sick and baggage behind. His plans, after reaching 
Gloucester, were to fall upon and disperse the troops of De Choise; mount 
his infantry on horses to be taken from the Duke's Legion, and others that 
might be seized in the neighborhood ; by rapid marches across the forks of 
the Rappahannock and Potomac, force his way through Maryland, Penn- 
sylvania, and New Jersey, and join Clinton at New York. This was a most 
hazardous undertaking, and one that it is scarcely possible would have suc- 
ceeded, but flight or capture were his only alternatives. Yet so secretly 
was this movement performed that no knowledge of it came to the allied 
forces. But a power greater than that of man interposed, and scai-celj' had 
the first body reached Gloucester Point, when a summer tornado, sudden 
and fierce, as is common in these latitudes, arose, and continued with un- 
abated violence until morning. The troops were brought back, and the last 
ray of hope faded from the vision of the Earl. 

CORNTVALLIS GIVES IT UP. 

On the morning of the 17th of October, a date forever memorable in the 
annals of the Western nation, Cornwallis, despairing of escape and appre- 
ciating his defenceless situation, sent a flag to Washington requesting a 
suspension of hostilities for twentj'-four hours, and that commissioners be 
appointed to arrange terms for the surrender of Y''orktown and the army 
of occupation. He suggested that the meeting be held at Moore's house, 
on the right of the American lines, and just in the rear of the first parallel. 
Washington, unwilling to waste precious time, during which the Earl might 
escape or the expected fleet arrive in sight, and encourage a continuation of 
the defence, consented merely to a suspension of hostilities for two hours, 
to enable his lordship to submit his proposals in writing prior to the meet- 
ing of the commissioners. To this Cornwallis consented, and submitted the 
terms on which he was prepared to capitulate. These were generally 
acceptable, the exception being the refusal to admit the inadmissible condi- 



THE SIEGE OF YOKKTOWN. 107 

tiou that the British troops be sent home to England and Germany, under 
engagement not to serve against France or America until released or ex- 
changed. "Within an hour the flag returned with Washington's ultima- 
tum, embracing the basis of terms upon which he should expect him to- 
surrender, and to these terms Cornwallis was forced to yield. 

On the morning of the 18th the commissioners met to consider the arti- 
cles. On the part of the allies, these were the Viscount de Noailles, a rela- 
tive of La Fayette; and Lieutenant-Colonel Laurens, whose father, once 
President of Congress, was at the moment a prisoner in the Tower of Lon- 
don, having been captured at sea while on his way to negotiate a loan in 
Holland. For the British appeared Lieutenant-Colonel Dundas and Major 
Ross. "Moore's house," so called by reason of being occupied by a widow 
Moore, was the property of Governor Nelson ; a frame building with brick 
foundation, situated in the midst of a level lawn, within a quarter of a 
mile from the river, and is, with its surrounding grounds, a part of what is 
now known as the " Temple Farm," from the fact that vestiges of a small 
temple or church, and other remains of an ancient settlement, are yet seen 
about a mile and a half south of Yorktown. Thirty years ago tombstones 
were yet standing within the "temple " ruins, on one of which was inscribed 
the year 1655 as the date of the death of its occupant. Moore's house is of 
interest to the visitor of 1881, as being the place of meeting of the commis- 
sioners. 

THE TERMS OF SURRENDER. 

The articles of capitulation were fourteen in number, and were as fol- 
lows : 

1. The forces under Cornwallis, both at Yorktown and Gloucester to sur- 
render as prisoners of war; the military to remain prisoners to the United 
.States, and the naval forces to the French king. 

2. The artillei'V and military stores to be delivered to officers to be 
appointed to receive them. 

3. The redoubts captured from the allies on the 16th to be restored, and 
the garrison at York to march out at two o'clock of the 19th, with shoul- 
dered arms, colors cased, and drums beating ; to lay down their arms and 
return to their encampment. An hour later the garrison at Gloucester to 
oarr}' out a like programme. 

4. The officers to retain their side arms, private papers and personal 
property. The property of loyalists to be respected. 

5. The British soldiers to be quartered in Virginia, Maryland and Penn- 
sylvania, and to be subsisted by the Americans. 



108 THE SIEGE OF YORKTOWN. 

6. The officers permitted to go where they please on parole, proper ves- 
sels being granted to convey them to New York, if they choose, and pass- 
ports to such as desire to go by land. 

7. Soldiers to be retained by officers as servants, and servants not soldiers 
not to be regarded as prisoners. 

8. The " Bonetta" (sloop of war from De Grasse's fleet) to convey Corn- 
wallis's dispatches to New York, and to be under his entire control during 
the passage; after which to be delivered to the Count De Grasse. 

9. Traders to be allowed three months to remove or dispose of their 
property, and to be considered as on parole. 

10. Loyalists who joined the British army during the siege not to be 
punished. (To this Washington objected, and it was struck out.) 

11. Hospitals to be furnished for the sick and wounded, to be attended 
by British surgeons. 

12. "Wagons to accompany the sick and baggage of the attending surgeons. 

13. The shipping and their contents, other than the property of loyalists, 

to be surrendered unimpaired. 

14. No advantage to be taken of any doubtful or ambiguous expressions 
in the articles, and no infringement on pretext of reprisal. 

The articles were signed by Washington, Kochambeau, Barras and De 
Grasse, on the part of the allies, and by Cornwallis and Thomas Symonds, 
who commanded the naval forces, on the part of the British. 



THE SURRENDER. 

The ceremonies attending the surrender were exceedingly imposing. The 
ground selected was about three-quarters of a mile from Yorktown, to the 
west of the road leading to Hampton, on the right of which r.oad the Amer- 
ican army was drawn up in line, and on the left the French, the lines ex- 
tending more than a mile in length. Washington and Rochambeau stood 
at the head of their respective armies, and a vast concourse of people from 
the surrounding country to .participate in the joyful event assembled in 
numbers exceeding those of the conquerors. As the British troops, now 
prisoners of war, moved slowly out of the works, and. with colors furled and 
drums beating, marched down the road between the columns of the com- 
bined armies, the spectacle was as brilliant as it was humiliating to the 
vanquished. The French troops, in their white uniforms and standards of 
white silk embroidered with the golden Hrurs de his. their officers decorated 



THE SIEGE OF YORKTOWN. 109 

with orders and gorgeous insignia of rank, contrasted strongly with the 
war-worn Continentals, whose variety of dress no less marked than its di- 
lapidated condition, suggested an earnestness of purpose that was fully 
confirmed by their soldierly bearing. The British, on the contrary, were 
clad in complete new uniforms, which had been issued to them in anticipa- 
tion of the surrender, and which inappropriate finery served to humble 
them the more when contrasted with the rather shabby appearance of their 
conquerors. 

Cornwallis, unwilling to submit to the public mortification which awaited 
him, pleaded illness, and sent his sword by General O'Hara, together with 
his apology. Arriving at the head of the line, where stood Washington, 
surrounded by his officers, among whom were Rochambeau, La Fayette, 
Steuben, Lincoln, Knox, and Governor Nelson, General O'Hara tendered 
the apologies of his chief to Washington, who pointed him to General Lin- 
coln as a fitting officer to receive the sword of the man to whom he had been 
obliged to surrender himself a year before at Charleston. Lincoln con- 
ducted him and his troops to the open field on the right, and there, as the 
British grounded their arms, General O'Hara delivered to him the sword 
of Cornwallis as a token of his submission. A squadron of French hussars 
were drawn up in a circle, within which each regiment marched, and, de- 
positing their arms in a pile, returned to the line which was drawn up near 
the road for the final and, to the soldier, the more humiliating ceremony. 



THE DELIVERY OF THE COLORS. 

Again Washington and his generals moved to the front, and Ensign 
Wilson, of Clinton's New York brigade, the youngest commissioned officer 
in the army, who had been appointed by Colonel Hamilton the officer of 
the day, to conduct the ceremony, advanced to the front. Opposite him, 
twenty-eight British captains, each bearing the flag of their regiment, were 
drawn up in line, which twenty-eight American sergeants were waiting to 
receive. When Wilson gave the order for the captains to advance two 
paces and deliver their colors and the sei-geants to advance two paces to re- 
ceive them, the former hesitated, giving as a reason that it was needlessly 
humiliating to compel them to surrender their flags to non-commissioned 
officers. To spare them this mortification, Hamilton directed Ensign Wil- 
son to receive them himself, and hand them to the sergeants. The scene is 
depicted in Trumbull's painting in the Rotunda of the Capitol at Wash- 
ington. 

Returning to their tents, in the same manner as they came, the British 
were surrounded by the guards of their lately despised foes, and the 
ceremony was complete. The artillery and military stores surrendered 
amounted to seventy-five brass and one hundred and sixty iron cannons, 



110 THE SIE(iE OF YORKTOWN. 

seven thousand seven hundred and ninety-four muskets, twenty-eight 
standards, a large'quantity of ammunition, and eleven thousand dollars in 
specie. The prisoners numbered seven thousand two hundred and forty- 
seven officers and men. 

A few days later, under the escort of the A'irginia militiamen, the pris- 
oners were marched, bj- the way of Williamsburg, Fredericksburg and 
Ashby's Gap, through the Shenandoah Valley, to Winchester and Freder- 
ick, Maryland, where they entered prison camps prepared for their recep- 
tion. 

TELLING THE GLAD TIDINGS. 

The glorious news of the surrender of Corn wallis was soon spread through- 
out the Colonies, and was received everywhere among the patriots with joy 
and exultation. Washington, having congratulated both armies in gen- 
eral orders, mentioning, with special approbation, the gallant services of 
Rochambeau, De G-rasse, the Viomenils, Lincoln, Knox, Du Portail, La 
Fayette, and Steuben, directed Lieutenant Colonel Tilghman, of Maryland, 
one of his aides-de-camp, to ride express to Philadelphia with dispatches 
announcing the glad tidings to Congress. He reached the city at midnight, 
proceeding directly to the house of President McKean, on High street, near 
Second, whom he aroused from his sleep, and a half hour later the watch- 
men throughout the city, in proclaiming the hour, were adding, with un- 
common volubility, ^' and Cornivallis is taken!" This, with the ringing of 
the old State House bell, brought the entire city into the streets, and, sleep 
having been banished from all eyes, the night was given up to gladness and 
congratulations, which were enlivened by the booming of cannons, as the 
first blushes of morning were lighting the Jersey hills. Scarce were the 
•early breakfasts disposed of when Congress assembled, and, amid the 
scarcely repressed acclamations of the delegates. Secretary Thompson read 
the dispatches from Washington, announcing the surrender of Cornwallis 
with his whole army and munitions of war. Without debate, on the mo- 
tion of Edmund Randolph, it was resolved that Congress proceed in a body, 
at two o'clock, to the Dutch Lutheran Church, "and return thanks to 
Almighty God for crowning the allied armies of the United States and 
France with success." Later, the thanks of Congress were tendered to the 
conquerors, and a proclamation issued appointing the 13th day of Decem- 
ber as a day of thanksgiving and prayer throughout the Confederacy. Leg- 
islative bodies, municipal councils, and societies, from one end of the land 
to the other, vied in congratulatory addresses to the generals, and from 
almost every pulpit and public meeting place, arose the voice of praise and 
thanksgiving to the Lord of Hosts. 

When the news reached the northern wing of the army, commanded by 
General Heath, on the Highlands of the Hudson, the whole week was given 



THE SIEGE OF YORKTOWN. Ill 

up to a joyful celebration of the fortuitous event that foretokened the dawn- 
ing of triumph and peace. At New York, Boston, and throughout New 
England, the enthusiasm was unlimited. Salutes were fired, bonfires 
lighted on the hillsides, banquets in the cities, and the irrepressible town- 
meeting in the villages, while at Yale and Harvard the sober professors 
and the uproarious students compromised their exhuberance in orations 
and triumphal odes. Throughout the South the feeling was even more 
intense. The ardor of patriotic zeal, but little suppressed during the tri- 
umphant progress of Corn wallis, sprung freshly alight at the news from 
Yorktdwn, and men, women and children of both races united in hymns 
of thanksgiving and banquets, whereof, says a graphic writer of the period, 
"the menu was an intermingling of songs and barbecued meats, dances and 
corn-pone, laughter and the juice of the rye." 

The king and his ministers received the news of the disaster with uncon- 
cealed dismay and vexation. Violent debates arose in Parliament, which 
assembled soon after the receipt of the news in England, and the Opposi- 
tion, not slow to avail themselves of the opportunity to attack the Govern- 
ment, inaugurated measures which culminated the following March, in a 
decided vote to authorize the king to make peace with America. In France 
the generous sympathy which had prompted the loaning of men and means 
to secure the glorious result, manifested its joy by a general illumination of 
the capital, and his Majesty was pleased to order a triumphal Te Deum in 
the church of the Metropolitan, " to which all Paris repaired, to celebrate 
the great victory by land and sea. over the English, by the armies of the 
king, combined with those of General Washington." 



THE CAMPAIGN AS A MILITARY STROKE. 

" Viewed from a military light," said an eminent writer more than fifty 
years afterwards, " the short campaign of Washington against Cornwallis 
is a fine example of the policy which distinguished the campaigns of Napo- 
leon and Hannibal — celerity of movement, tenacity of purpose, and uncon- 
ditional diplomacy. . The sudden transplanting of an army from a secure 
position to a distance as remote as from Brussels to St. Petersburg; the 
environment of a conquering army in a position of its own careful selection ; 
the furious onslaught and bombardment of that enemy that gave him no 
time for escape or reinforcement: the firm determination which resisted a 
lengthened armistice, and denied the slightest suggestion of any but the 
most inflexible terms, alike and combinedly mark the conduct of Washing- 
ton as the highest example of military genius. But one mistake can be 
detected in the whole campaign, and to remedy that nature herself, or 
Nature's God, without whose aid no human arm can hope to succeed, con- 
tributed her fortuitous support. Cornwallis should not have been permit- 



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THE SIEGE OF YORKTOWN. 



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of the Nervii, and Marlborough win one of his greatest fields, through the 
aid which an unexpected freak of Nature contributed to his strategic plans. 
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MA80NIC BODIES PARTICIPATING IN THE 
CEREMONIES. 



OFFICERS OF THE 

GRAND LODGE OF VIRGINIA, 

Ancient IPree a7id Accepted Masons, having in charge the Ceremo- 
nies attending the laying of the corner stone of the Monument. 

M. W. Pkytox Skii'WITH Coles Grand Master. 

R. W. Rkubkx Murrel Page Depuiy Grand Master. 

" Mayo B. CARRiNcrroN Grand Senior Warden. 

" Henry William Murray' Grand. Junior Warden. 

•' Oscar Mauery Marshall Grand Treasurer. 

" William Bry'an Isaacs Grand Secretary. 

Bro. William Bry'an Isaacs, J r Deputy Grand Secretary,. 

W. Francis Henry- Hill Grand Senior Deacon. 

" William Francis Drinkard Grand Junior Deacon. 

" Geokgk Washington Damk Grand Chaplain. 

Bro. James E. Riduick Grand Pursuivant. 

" William Krause Grand Steward. 

W. James M. Tay'lor Grand Tiler. 



THE MASONIC DELEGATION. 

Masonic interest in the Centennial Anniversary of the Surrender of Lord 
Cornwallis at Yorktown has been early and unremitting. 

Under date of 15th August, 1881, M. W. Peyton Skipwith Coles. Grand 
Master of Virginia, addressed the following circular letter to the Masters 
of all the subordinate lodges in his jurisdiction : 

115 



116 MASONIC VISITORS. 

GltANT) LODGK OF VllKilXIA, A. Y. M.. 

Grand Skcuktaky's Okfk k, 
Richmond, 15M Autjnsi, 1881. 

WoRSHll'FUL SiK AND BrOTHEK : 

The Government of the United States has deemed the Centennial Anni- 
versary of the Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown an apjiropriate 
occasion on which to commence the erection of a monument in commem- 
oration of that event. 

The distinguished honor and pleasing duty of hiying its corner-stone — on 
the 18th day of October — has been delegated to the Grand Lodge of Vir- 
ginia. Preparatory to the proper discharge of that duty, the Most Wor- 
shipful Grand Master hereby convenes a special communication of the Grand 
Lodge, to be holden at Yorktown, in the county of York, on Monday, the 
17th day of October, 1881, at 5 o'clock p. m. 

In order to show our appreciation of the grateful office thus devolving 
upon us, the Most Worshipful Grand Master respectfully and earnestly re- 
quests the prompt attendance of every member of the Grand Lodge, and 
also all the members of the subordinate lodges. 

It is requested that all the Masons in the line of procession will wear a 
dark suit, dark hat, white gloves and aprons. The Masters and Wardens, 
and Past Masters and other officers, will wear, in addition, the proper jewels 
of tlieir office. Each one must provide his Masonic clothing. 



The Most W^orshipful Grand Master has secured from the Government 
the use of a sufficient number of tents for the sleeping accommodation of 
all the Masons of this Grand Jurisdiction who are registered as above, as 
in attendance on the Grand Lodge. Neither furniture, bedding nor food 
is embraced. Each Lodge mu.«t make its arrangements and provision for 
such comforts and necessities. 

The procession will be formed in the order prescribed in the following 
pages, under the immediate direction of M. W. Rohkut E. Withkrs, P. 
G. M., Grand Marshal, and Aids. 

LIST OF MARSHALS. 

Bro. KoHKRT E. WiTiiKKs, Chief. 

Bro. William B. Taliaferro, P. G. M., Bro. K. W. Hunter, 

Walter H. Taylor, J. Thompson Brown. 

William E. Tanner, K. Kemper, 

James A. Walker, Mann Page, 

John W. Daniel, W. A. Burke, 

R. T. W. Duke, W. B. Lurty, 
W. F. S potts wood. 



MASONIC VlSITOllS. 117 

Invited guests from other Grand Jurisdictions will report to 

COMMITTEE ON RECEPTION. 

M. Wok. Kkhard Parker, P. <t. M., Chairman. 
John R. Purdik, 
James Evans, 
William Terry, 
•' William H. Lamhkrt, 

Bro. RoBKKT T. CuAKiHILL, Virr-C/iairi/iau. 

Bro. Kobert W. Hughes, Bro. George H. Jordan, 

W. R. Staples, James Y. Brooke, 

James L. Kemper, A. L. Pridemore, 

John C. Armistead, S. W. Paulette, 

S. H. Moffet, L. D. Haymond, 

John B. Donovan, William H. Pleasants, 

William J. Robertson, John C. Boude, 

George H. Ray, J. Howard Wayt, 

George C. Cabell, James A. Scott, 

James G. Bain, W. F. Drinkard, 

John T. Goolrick, W. A. S. Taylor, 

Charles E. Stuart, David J. Weisiger. 

Officers and members of the (irand Lodge, and members of Subordinate 
Lodges will report to 

COMMITTEE ON ASSIGNMENT OF QUARTERS. 

Bro. Jos. G. Flltox, Chairman. 

Bro. Parke Jones, Bro. M. B. Crowell, Bro. A. Myers, 

Henry Halstead, H. L. Turner, W. H. Cockford, 

Robert F. Cole, M. McKennie, J. W. Barry, 

J. E. Bland, T. N. Davis, G. G. Gooch, 

C. Candy, J. C. Little, N. Ezekiel, 

J. C. Dame. 

MEDICAL STAFF. 

Bro. W. C. N. Randolph, Bro. A. Fauntleroy, 

John Clopton, Geo. W. Carrington, 

C. W. P. Brock. 

By Order of M. W. Peyton S. Coles, Grand Master. 
Truly and fraternally yours, 

WILLIAM B. ISAACS, 

Grand Secretary^ 



118 MASONIC VISITORS. 

Prior to this date, invitations had been sent to the Grand Masters of the 
Grand Lodges of each State and Territory in the Union to join with the 
Grand Lodge of Virginia in the ceremonies. The Grand Commandery of 
Virginia, Knights Templar, co-operating with the Grand Lodge, addressed 
similar invitations to the Grand Commanders of Knights Templar, of each 
of the thirteen original States, as well us to its subordinate Commanderiea, 
and to Commanderies in States where no Grand Commandery exists. 

While it cannot be determined at this date whether all of these invita- 
tions have been accepted, it is deemed appropriate to insert the names of 
the bodies invited, in the belief that the large majority will be pre.'sent and 
participate in the ceremonies. 



GRAND LODGE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 

Organized 8th March, 1777. 
Samuel C. Lawrence Grand Master. 



GRAND LODGE OF VIRGINIA. 

Organized 13th October, 1778. 
Peyton Skipwith Coles ■ Grand Master. 



GRAND LODGE OF NEW YORK. 

Organized , 1781. 

Horace S. Taylor Grand Master. 



GRAND LODGE OF MARYLAND. 

Organized 31st .Tiily, 1783. 
John S.Tyson Grand Master. 

GRAND LODGE OF PENNSYLVANIA. 

Organized 25th September, 1786. 
Samuel B.Dick Grand Master. 

GRAND LODGE OF GEORGIA. 

Organized 16th September, 1786. 
Josiah J. Wright Grand Master. 



MASONIC VISITORS. 119 

GRAND LODGE OF NEW JERSEY. 

Organized 18th December, 1786. 
Joseph W.Martin Grand Master. 

GRAND LODGE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 

Organized 24th March, 1787. 
James F. Izlar Grand Master. 



GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 

Organized 16th December, 1787. 
Henry F. Grainger Grand Master. 

GRAND LODGE OF CONNECTICUT. 

Organized 8th July, 1789.* 
James McCormiclt Grand Master. 

GRAND LODGE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 

Organized 16th July, 1789. 
Frank A. McKean Grand Master. 

GRAND LODGE OF RHODE ISLAND. 

Organized 2-5th .June, 1791. 
Thomas \^incent Grand Master. 

GRAND LODGE OF VERMONT. 

Organized 19th October 1794. 
Lucien C. Butler Grand Master. 

GRAND LODGE OF KENTUCKY. 

Organized 16th October, 1800. 
W. Larne Thomas Grand Master. 



120 MASONIC VISITORS. 

GRAXD LODGE OF PELAWAKE. 

Organized 7lh June 1806. 
Joseph W. H. Watson Grand Master. 

GRAND LODGE OF OHIO. 

Orj^anized '2d .Januarj', 1809. 
Keuben C. Lemon Grand Master. 



GRAND LODGE OF DISTRICT COLUMBIA. 

Organized 19th February, 1811. 
Nobl'! D. Larner • Grand Master. 

GRAND LODGE OF LOUISIANA. 

Organized 11th July, 1812. 
W. Pvitchie Whitaker Grand Master. 



GRAND LODGE OF TENNESSEE. 

Organized 27th December, 1813. 
John T. Irion Grand Master. 

GRAND LODGE OF INDIANA. 

Organized 13th January, 1818. 
Calvin W. Prather Grand Master. 

GRAND LODGE OF xMISSISSIPPL 

Organized 25th August, 1818. 
John F. McCormick Grand Master. 

GRAND LODGE OF MAINE. 

Organized 24th June, 1820. 
Marquis F. King Grand Master. 



MASONIC VISITORS. 121 

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI. 

Organized 4th May, 1821. 
Wni. K. Stubblefield Grand Master. 



GRAND LODGE OF ALABAMA. 

Organized 11th December, 1821. 
Henry Clay Tompkins. Grand Master. 

GRAND LODGE OF ILLINOIS. 

Organized , 1823. 

"Wni. H. Scott Grand Master. 



GRAND LODGE OF MICHIGAN. 

Organized 31st July, 1826. 
C. L. Spalding Grand Master. 

GRAND LODGE OF FLORIDA. 

Organized 5th July, 1880. 
W. A. McLean Grand Master. 



GRAND LODGE OF TEXAS. 

Organized 16th April, 1838. 
J. H. McLearv Grand Master. 



GRAND LODGE OF ARKANSAS. 

Organized 25th November, 1838. 
George Thornburgh Grand Master. 

GRAND LODGE OF WISCONSIN. 

Organized 18th December, 1843. 
Emons E. Chapin Grand Master. 



122 MASONIC VISITORS. 

GRAND LODGE OF IOWA. 

Organized 8th January, 1844. 
George li. Vansann Grand Master. 

GRAND LODGE OF CALIFORNIA. 

Organized 19th April, 1850. 
Sam'l Crawford Denson Grand Master. 



GRAND LODGE OF OREGON. 

Organized 15th September, 1851. 
George M. D. Stroud Grand Master. 

GRAND LODGE OF MINNESOTA. 

Organized 23d February, 1853. 
Henry R. Wells Grand Master. 

GRAND LODGE OF KANSAS. 

Organized 17th March, 1856. 
Wni. Cowgill Grand Master. 

GRAND LODGE OF NEBRASKA. 

Organized 23d September, 1857. 
James R. Cain Grand Master. 



GRAND LODGE OF WASHINGTON. 

Organized , 1858. 

Ralph Guichard Grand Master. 

GRAND LODGE OF COLORADO. 

Organized November, 1861. 

Lawrence N. Greenleaf Grand Master. 



MASONIC VISITORS. 123 

GKAND LODGE OF NEVADA. 

Organized January, 1865. 

Horatio S. Mason Grand Master. 

GRAND LODGE OF WEST VIRGINIA. 

Organized 10th Maj', 1865. 
Charles J. Faulkner, Jr Grand Master. 

GRAND LODGE OF MONTANA. 

Organized 24th January, 1866. 
Geo. W. Manoe Grand Master. 

GRAND LODGE OF IDAHO. 

Organized 17th December, 1867. 
Grand Master. 

GRAND LODGE OF UTAH. 

Organized 16th January 1872. 
Philip Henry Emerson Grand Master. 

GRAND LODGE OF WYOMING. 

Organized , 1874. 

Frank W. Foote Grand Master. 

GRAND LODGE OF INDIAN TERRITORY. 

Organized , 1874. 

P. J. Bj'rne Grand Master. 

GRAND LODGE OF DAKOTA. 

Organized July, 1875. 

Thos. H. Brown Grand Master. 

GRAND LODGE OF MANITOBA. 

Organized , . 

John Henrv Bell Grand Master. 



124 MASONIC VISITORS. 

GRAND COMMANDERY 
OF VIRGINIA KNIGHTS TEMPLAR, 

Organised ■27th J^ovember, 1823. 



R. E. John Fakkan Rkgnault, Grand Commander. 

V. E. Peyton Skipwith Coles Deputy Grand Com.niander. 

" John Lonsdale Roper Grand Generalissimo. 

" Francis Avery Reed Grand Captain General. 

E. Geo. Washington Dame Grand Prelate. 

" "VVm. H. Harrison Lynn Grand Senior Warden. 

" James Braxton Blanks Gh-and Junior Warden. 

" James Evans Grand Treasurer. 

R. E. William Bryan Isaacs Grand Recorder. 

E. Robert Smith Chew Grand Standard Bearer. 

" James L. Beck Grand Sword Bearer. 

Thomas J. Evans Grand Warder. 



SUBORDINATE COMMANDERIES. 



RICHMOND, No. *2, OF RICHMOND. 
Organized 10th April, 1823. 

Isaac S. Tower . Eminent Commander. 

J. Thompson Brown Generalissimo. 

John F. Meyer Captain General. 



WINCHESTER, No. 12, OF WINCHESTER. 
Organized 5th July, 1824. 

J. J. Gordon Eminent Commander. 

G. E. Bushnel Generalissimo. 

A. M. Baker Captain General. 

De MOLAY, No. 4, OF LYNCHBURG. 
Organized 13th November, 1826. 

Walter C. Biggers _. Eminent Commander. 

W. N. Wellford Generalissfmo. 

James L. Beck Captain General. 



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PORTSMOUTH, No. 5, OF PORTSMOUTH. 
Organized 16tli January, 1827. 

Charles Syer Eminent Commander. 

L. J. Turner, Jr Generalissimo. 

Angus Buff Captain General. 



APPOMATTOX, No. 6, OF PETEKSBURG. 
Organized 6th May, 1828. 

Alexander W. Archer Eniinent Commander. 

T. C. Parrack Generalissimo. 

W. R. Nichols Captain General. 

DOVE, No. 7, OF DANVILLE. 
Organized 11th December, 1851. 

James E. Schoolfield Eminent Commander 

P. R. Jones Generalissimo. 

P. H. Boisseau Captain General. 



gOHNSON, No. 14, OF GOODSON. 
Organized 15th December, 1864. 

Joseph Rhea Anderson Eminent Commander. 

Samuel R. Ferguson Generalissimo. 

Eli A. Warren Captain General. 



GRICE, No. 16, OF NORFOLK. 
Organized 20th April, 1866. 

Fred. Greenwood Eminent Commander. 

John Wallers Generalissimo. 

Elias E. Guy Captain General. 



STEVENSON, No. 8, OF STAUNTON. 

Organized 10th December, 1869. 

Wm. A. Burke Eminent Commander. 

J. Howard Wayt Generalissimo. 

Wm. L. Bunigardner Captain General. 




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OLD DOMINION, No. II, OF ALEXANDRIA. 
Organized 12th December, 1872. 

Frank A. Reed Eminent Commander. 

George E. £. Downham Generalissimo. 

J. T. Beachliam Captain General. 



CHRISTIANSBUKG, No. 9, OF CHRISTIANSBURG. 

Organized 1st December, 1874. 
Present officers not reported. 



FREDERICKSBURG, No. I, OF FREDERICKSBURG. 
Organized 18th October, 1875. 

Robert S. Chew Eminent Commander. 

J. W. Adams __Generalissimo. 

J. P. Corbin Captain General. 



HARRISONBURG, No. 10, OF HARRISONBURG. 
Organized 10th October, 1877. 

L. C. Myers Eminent Commander. 

J. L. Avis Generalissimo. 

G. F. Compton ..Captain General. 



CHARLOTTESVILLE, No. 3, OF CHARLOTTESVILLE. 
Organized 16th December, 1869. 

J. W. Scribner Eminent Commander. 

R. T. W. Duke, Jr Generalissimo. 

S. Comer Captain General. 



COMMANDERY OF ST. ANDREW, No. 13, OF RICHMOND. 
Organized 13th November, 1878. 

Thomas J. Evans Eminent Commander. 

Joseph V. Bridgood Genera^ssimo. 

John J. Wright . Captain General. 




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GRAND COMMANDERIES KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. 



CONNECTICUT. 

Organized July, 1796. 

Nelson J. "Welton Grand Commander. 

J. E. Holcomb Deputy Grand Commander. 

J. C. Kilbourn Grand Generalissimo. 

A. C. Golding Grand Captain General. 



MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. 

Organized 6th May, 1807. 

Wm. H. Kent Grand Commander. 

Charles Saunders Deputy Grand Commander. 

George H. Burnham Grand Generalissimo. 

Chas. C. Hutchinson Grand Captain General. 



NEW YORK. 
Organized 18th June, 1814. 

Geo. W. Walgrove Grand Commander. 

Simon V. McDowell Deputy Grand Commander. 

John S. Bartlett Grand Generalissimo. 

Charles Aikman Grand Captain General. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE. 
Organized 13th June, 1826. 

Benjamin F. Rackley Grand Commander. 

Nathan P. Hunt Deputy Grand Commander. 

Millan A. Taylor Grand Generalissimo. 

John F. Webster Grand Captain General. 



PENNSYLVANIA. 
Organized 12th April, 1854. 

DeWitt C. Carroll Grand Commander. 

Geo. W. Kendrick, Jr Deputy Grand Commander. 

B. Frank Brenman Grand Generalissimo. 

Chs. W. Batcbelor Grand Captain General. 



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NEW JERSEY. 
Organized 4th February, 1860. 

Andrew B. Frazee. Grand Commander. 

Geo, G. Filton Deputy Grand Commander. 

Joseph 8tokes Grand Generalissimo. 

Edward CIiff-__ Grand Captain General. 



GEORGIA. 
Organized 25th April, I860. 

Wm. D. Luckie Grand Commander. 

Wm. S. Rockwell Deputy Grand Commander. 

Wm. B.Young Grand Generalissimo. 

Roland B. Hall Grand Captain General. 



MARYLAND. 
Organized 23d June, 1871. 

C. B. Kleibacker Grand Commander. 

Wm. A. Hanway Deputy Grand Commander. 

W. Arahams Grand Generalissimo. 

John S. T^'son Grand Captain General. 



NORTH CAROLINA. 
Organized 10th May, 1881. 

H. H. Munsen Grand Commander. 

L. W. Battle Deputy Grand Commander. 

G. H. King Grand Generalissimo. 

S. S. Everett Grand Captain General. 



COMMANDERIES FROM STATES WHERE NO 
GRAND COMMANDERY EXISTS. 



SOUTH CAROLINA COMMANDERY, No. 1. 
South Carolina. * 

Edwin S. Jamison Eminent Commander. 

John Davis Generalissimo. 

R. M. Wallace Captain General. 



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COLUMBIA COMMANDERY, No. 2. 
South Carolina. 

Thomas Dodamend Eminent Commander. 

Geo. W. Parker Generalissimo. 

R. A. Keenan Captain General. 



ST. JOHN'S COMMANDERY, No. 1. 
Delaware. 

James H. Price Eminent Commander. 

Henry B. Mclntire Generalissimo. 

Isaac S. Quigley Captain General. 



WASHINGTON COMMANDERY, No. 1. 
District of Columbia. 

W. J. Stephenson Eminent Commander. 

Wm. G. Brock Generalissimo. 

Wm. G. Moore Captain General. 



COLUMBIA COMMANDERY, No. 2. 
District or Columbia. 

Wm. H. Browne .. Eminent Commander. 

D. B. Ainger Generalissimo. 

John Wilson Captain General. 



POTOMAC COMMANDERY, No. 3. 
District of Columbia. 

Geo. E, Corson Eminent Commander. 

J. Lynch Generalissimo. 

D. Johnson Captain General. 



De MOLAY COMMANDERY, No. 4. 

District of Columbia. 

M. R. Thorpe Eminent Commander. 

E. F. Lawson Generalissimo. 

C. L. Patton Captain General. 

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MARY COMMANDERY, No. 36, OF PHILADELPHIA, PA. 

Frank Mills Eminent Commander, 

Wm. B. Smith GenerHli^simo. 

John Keller, Jr Captain General. 

Accompanied by the " Weccacoe Legion " Cornet Band. 



BEAUSEANT COMMANDERY, No. 8, OF BALTIMORE, MD. 

Thomas J. Shyrock Eminent Commander. 

H. A. Barry Generalissimo. 

G. M. Taylor Captain General. 



The Grand Commandery of Virginia will be accompanied by the Allen- 
town Cornet Band of Allentown, Pennsylvania. 



GRAND COMMANDERY OF PENNSYLVANIA. 

The following Officers of the Grand Commandery of Penn- 
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r George W. Kendrick, Jr Grand Commander. 

V B. Frank Breneman Deputy Grand Comyna^uier. 

V Charles W. Batchelor Grand Generalissitno . 

r Edwin G. Martin, M. D Grand CajHain General. 

r and Rev. Addison V. C. Schenck, D. D., Grand Prelate. 

r Joseph Alexander, Jr Grand Senior Warden. 

r George S. Graham Grand Junior Warden. 

r M. Richards Muckle Grand Treasurer. 

r Chas. E. Meyer Grand Recorder. 

r William W. Allen Grand Standard Bearer. 

r ToRRENCK E. HiPPLE Grand Sword Bearer. 

V William N. Viguers Grand Wander. 

r Nathaniel P. Ramsey Grand Caj^taln of the Guard. 

r Edward Masson Grand Marshal. 



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The Navy Department, cooperating with the Commission in properly- 
celebrating the victory at Yorktown, assembles at that point all the vessels 
of the Navy that are available for the purpose. Under date of 5th August, 
1881, Secretary Hunt directed Rear Admiral Wyman, commanding the 
North Atlantic Squadron, to cause all the vessels of his command to report 
to him in the waters of Yorktown, not later than October 15th, prepared 
to take part in the ceremonies, and advising him that the Training Squad- 
ron, under command of Captain S. B. Luce, would be ordered to report to 
him, together with the Powhatan, then on special service; the Trenton, on 
the way home from the Mediterranean ; the Franklin, receiving-ship at 
Norfolk, and such other vessels as may at the moment be fitting out, or 
that may have returned from a foreign station. As a result, the naval 
force in the vicinity of Hampton Roads is sufficient!}' imposing to render 
that portion of the display highly creditable to the nation. 

Having assembled at Yorktown, on the 15th of October, the naval forces 



134 NAVAL VISITORS. 

will be anchored in line, and in close order, the Tennessee being the center 
ship. On the arrival of the French fleet, escorted by the naval vessels 
detailed for the purpose, they will be received with honors, and every facil- 
ity aftbrded them for their comfort and convenience as may be within their 
power. A Commander of the Navy will be detailed for the duty of Port 
Captain, and under his direction all vessels arriving in the harbor will be 
assigned places, and, in order to prevent confusion, will be under his con- 
trol for the time being. On the 18th of October the ships will be dressed 
in bunting, and illuminated at night by lights, and so remain until after 
the ceremonies. 

On the 20th, the day selected for the grand parade and review by the 
President of the United States, the seamen and marines from all the ships, 
will land and join in the parade. 

On the 21st the ships will execute a series of naval manoeuvres, and 
be reviewed by the President and Admiral of the Navy. This feature of 
the celebration will form the most brilliant and imposing naval demonstra- 
tion ever seen on this continent. Salutes will be fired from the ships on all 
occasions of ceremony during the celebration. 

The following shows the vessels of the Navy to be present, together with 
their officers, the whole naval force at Yorktown being under the general 
charge of 

Admiral DAVID D. PORTER, 
Admh-al of the Navy. 



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The Tennessee is the largest man-of-war afloat now flying the American 
flag, and, although a wooden vessel, and lacking in many of the latest and 
most approved modern naval appliance? of oflTense and defense, it is yet of a 
tj'pe that does not discredit the Government. She is 7iearly 5,000 tons in dis- 
placement, 375 feet in length over all, 45 feet breadth of beam, 31 feet depth 
of hold, and 23 feet extreme draught aft. In addition to a saluting batfeery, 
she has an armament of sixteen 9-inch Duhlgren's on the gun-deck, and 
four 80-pound breech-loading Parrot rifles and two 8-inch muzzle-loading 
rifles on the spar-deck, together with a supplementary battery of field artil- 
lery and Hotchkiss' revolving cannon ; there are four torpedo appliances, 
and the usual stand of magazine and Galling rifle guns. The engines are 
of the compound type. The screw is four-bladed. Navy Department plan : 
diameter, 19 feet ; pitch, 31 feet 4 inches ; and the engines have developed 
2,900 horse-power at a maximum speed of fourteen knots. The ship has 



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now been in commission twenty months, and, in appearance and discipline, 
is a credit to our naval service. 

The total complement is 487, and below is a list of the officers. 

Rear Admiral Ron'T H. Wyman, Commanding North Atlantic Station. 



Captain Edward P. McCrka, Commanding and Chief of Staft'. 
Lieutenant George M. Totten, Flag Lieutenant. 
Lieutenant J. D. J. Kelley, Secretary. 



Chief Engineer Thom Williamson, Fleet Engineer. 
Medical Inspector Somerset Robinson, Fleet Surgeon. 
Paymaster A. S. Kenny, Fleet Paymaster. 
Captain "W. S. Muse, Fleet Marine Officer. 



Lieutenant Commander N. M. Dyer, Executive Officer. 

" Edward L. Amory, Navigator. 

Lieutenants W. Maynard, G. W. Tyler, J. C.Wilson. 

Masters W. H. Schnetze, W. Kilburn. 

Ensigns F. S. Carter, H. M. Witzel, J. M. Orchard. 

Midshipmen W. L. Todd, W. L. Burdick. 

Cadet Midshipmen H. L. Fillebrown. W. S. Sims. 

W. H. Stayton. J. S. Brown. 

C. W. Stewart. Geo. Clarke. 

F. A. Huntoon. H. M. Finley. 

H. B. Wilson. H. K. White. 

T. H. Matthews, 0. E. Weller, 

Past Assistant Engineers S. L. Smith, J. D. Ford. 

Chaplain T. A. Gill. 

Assistant ^Paymaster E. B. Rogers. 

Cadet Engineers W. F. Durand, H. Hall. 

Past Assistant Surgeons J. H. Gaines, W. A. McClurg. 

Assistant Engineers E. R. Freeman, F. H. Eldridge. 

First Lieutenant David Whipple, U. S. Marine Corps. 

Paymaster's Clerk G. B. Kimberly. 

Boatswain .Alexander McCone. 

Carpenter J. E. Cox. 

Gunner M. J. Henderson. 

Sailmaker G. F. Dousrlas. 



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The Franklin, a live-oak screw-steamer of the first rate, is the fine old 
ship on board which Admiral Farragut made his famous visit of courtesy 
to the European powers soon after the late war, and on board which he re- 
ceived and entertained most of the dignitaries of the Old World. She is, at 
present, the receiving ship at Norfolk, and her battery has consequently 
been removed. She has a tonnage of 3,173; a displacement of 5,170, and 
when armed carries 2G guns. She has probably on board at Yorktown not 
far from 600 men, and her ofl!icers are below : 

Captain . Joseph Fyfi'e. 

Lieutenant J. C. Irwine. 

Ensign Thomas M. Brumby. 

Masters H. Neilson, J. Oden'dhal. 

Surgeon T. C. Walton. 

Past Assistant Surgeon C. G. Henderson. 

Assistant Surgeon .J. D. Gatewood. 

Paymaster J. B. Redfield. 

Chief Engineer P. A. Readick. 

Second Lieutenant of Marines L. C. Webster. 

Boatswain J. B. F. Langton. 

Carpenter John G. Tilden. 

Sailmaker J. O. Long. 



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The Torpedo Ram Alarm is an experimental iron-clad, to Which the Ad- 
miral of the Navy has devoted much interest, and from which he expects 
astonishing results. She will be an object of much interest at Yorktown, 
Her tonnage is 311, displacement 730, and her propulsion is by the Mallory 
propeller. She carries one gun. Her ofiicers are: 

Lieutenant C. B. Harber, Commanding. 

Master Wm. E. Sewell. 

Ensign Henry M. Hodges. 

Assistant Paymaster J. D. Doyle. 

Past Assistant Engineer A. J. Kenyon. 

Assistant Engineer Charles C. Kleekner. 



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The Powhatan is a live-oak, side-wheel steamer, built at the Gosport 
Yard in 1850, since which date she has performed eminent and gallant ser- 
vice. She is a vessel of the second rate, having a tonnage of 2,182, a dis- 
placement of 3,980, and a draught of 19 feet 9 inches forward and 20 feet 
aft. Her arman^ent is fourteen 9-inch and one 11-inch guns on her gun- 
deck, and two 100-pound Parrots. She is attached to the North Atlantic 
Squadron, and her complement is 344 oflScers and men. 

Captain E. 0. Matthews. 

Lieutenant Commander B. H. McCalla. 

Lieutenants Joseph N. Hemphill. S. C. Logan. 

James M. Grimes. R. T. Jasper. 

Theodoric Porter. James H. Bull. 

Cadet Midshipmen L. S. Van Duger. J. M. Dickson. 

W. W. Buchanan. W. E. Safford. 
James Gray. L. J. Clark. 

H. B. Ashmore. 

Surgeon Thomas C. Walton: 

Assistant Surgeon James H. Bryan. 

Paymaster Eobert P. Lisle. 

Chief Engineer '. Henry L. Snyder. 

Past Assistant Engineers Absalom Kirby, James H. Perry. 

Assistant Engineer A. P. Willets. 

Chaplain J. R. Matthews. 

First Lieutenant of Marines S. W. Quackenbush. 

Boatswain William A. Cooper. 

Gunner John Eussell. 

Carpenter Thomas P. Smith. 

Sailmaker A. W. Cassell. 



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The Trenton, a live-oak screw steamer of the second rate, has long been 
the flag-ship of the European Squadron, from which duty she is now return- 
ing, bearing the flag of Rear Admiral John C. Howell, and after the cere- 
monies at Yorktown, will go out of commission. She was built at the 
Brooklyn Yard in 1877, has a tonnage of 2,300, and displacement of 3,900. 
Her armament consists of three 8-inch and two 20-pounders on her spar- 
deck ; one heavy 12-pounder and one light 12-pounder on her gun-deck, 
and eight 8-inch rifles converted. She carries a crew of 472 men, and her 
officers are as follows : 

Eear Admiral John C. Howell, Commanding. Returning from Com- 
mand of the European Squadron. 



Captain F. M. Ramsay. 

Lieut. Commanders Chas. V. Gridley, Timothy A. Lyons. 

Lieutenants W. W. Reisinger. W. T. Burwell. 

"Wm. H. Emory. R. E. Carmody. 

Walter Goodwin. E. W. Remey. 

Thos. C. McLean. 
Ensigns George T. Emmons. C. J. Brush. 

L. R. Reynolds. Benjamin Tappan. 

D. W. Cofl^man, R. T. Mulligan. 

Cadet Midshipmen : R. H. Miner. Jno. A. Dougherty. 

P. L. Drayton. H. G. Drexel. 

L. S. Norton. P. D. Haskell. 

Thos. A. Parke. Jas. C. Drake. 

S. Morgan. A. A. Ackerman, 

Fleet Surgeon John C. Spear. 

Past Assistant Surgeons-D. N. Bertolette, L. G. Heneberger. 

Fleet Paymaster W. W. Williams. 

Fleet Engineer Wm. S. Stamm. 

Past Assistant Engineers B. F. Wood, H. N. Stevenson. 

Assistant Engineers F. H. Bailey, W. B. Dunning. 

Cadet Engineers Goold H. Bull. Richard Gatewood. 

F. T. Bowles. 

Captain of Marines P. C. Pope. 

First Lieutenant of Marines R. Wallach. 

Boatswain James Nash. 

Gunner William Carter. 

Carpenter John A. Dixon 



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The Vandalia is a screw steamer of the second rate, rebuilt at the Charles- 
town Yard in 1874, and is regarded in naval circles as a splendid old ship, 
whose memories are endeared to most of the older officers who have been 
attached to her at some time during their naval career. Her tonnage is 
981 ; displacement, 2,200, and draught 16 feet 3 inches forward, and 17 feet 
4 inches aft. She carries one 8-inch muzzle-rifled, six 9-inch and one 60- 
pounder. She is also a part of the North Atlantic Squadron, and has a 
crew of 244 men. Her oflicers are as follows : 

Captain Richai-d W. Meade. 

Lieutenant Commander G. F. F. Wild. 

Lieutenants Hamilton Perkins. Jas. K. Cogswell, 

Wm. H. Turner, R. C. Derby. 

Master , William A.Marshall. 

Ensigns C. C. Rogers, R. C. Ray. 

Midshipman W. M. Constant. 

Cadet Midshipman Geo. L. Dillman. 

Surgeon Geo. F. Winslow. 

Past Assistant Surgeon C. W. Deane. 

Paymaster John McMahon. 

Chief Engineer A. J. Kiersted. 

Past Assistant Engineer E. A. McGee. 

Assistant Engineer A. B. Canaga. 

Cadet Engineers H. K. Ivers, F. C. Bowers. 

First Lieutenant of Marines E. B. Robinson. 

Boatswain Woodward Carter. 

Gunner Patrick Lynch. 

Carpenter D. W. A. Nash. 

Sailmaker M. W. Watkins. 



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This old war vessel has been renovated somewhat since her brilliant 
career on the high seas during the rebellion. Her most important engage- 
ment, as is well known, was at Cherbourg, France, with the Alabama. 

The hull of the old Kearsarge still remains intact, but the upper portion 
of the vessel has been rebuilt. She has also been re-sparred, and has been 
generally repaired and refitted. Her armament is similar to that which 
was used in her engagement with the Alabama. She carries seven guns, 
six of which are broadsides. Two are eleven inch guns, and four are of 
nine inch calibre. The seventh is a rifle gun. She is considered a large 
vessel, measuring 225 feet over all ; 35feetbeem, and 16 feet draught, and is 
square-rigged. Without the aid of sails she can steam about thirteen knots 
an hour. On board the vessel is a sailor who was in the service of the 
Government throughout the war, and participated in the fight with the 
Alabama. 

She will assist in escorting the French fleet from New York to York- 
town. The crew consists of 207 men, and the following is her list of ofii- 
cers : 

Commander G. B. White. 

Lieutenant Commander Horace Elmer, Executive Officer. 

Lieutenant John E. Pillsbury, Navigator. 

" Lewis E. Bixler. 

Masters W. A. Haddon, 0. W. Lowry, C. L. Bruns. 

Ensign J. H. Sears. 

Cadet Midshipmen: 

Edward E. Hayden. Wm. A. Gill. 

Charles S. Ripley. John A. Bell. 

John B. Bernadon. Francis J. Haeseler. 

Past Assistant Surgeons Chas. U. Gravatt. Robert Swan. 

Past Assistant Paymaster J. R. Stanton. 

Chief Engineer Isaac R. McNary. 

Past Assistant Engineer Robert Crawford. 

Assistant Engineer Horace E. Frick. 

Cadet Engineer Clarence A. Carr. 

First Lieutenant Marines Samuel H. Gibson. 



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The Tallapoosa is a side-wheel steamer of the fourth rate, in use as a 
dispatch vessel, whose tonnage is 650 ; displacement 1,290, and carries a 
battery of two Howitzer's. Her officers are as follows: 

Commander A. G. Kellogg, Commanding. 

Lieutenant John F. Merry. 

Ensign R. Hunt. 

Mates T. W. Bousall, C. H. Cleveland, Hugh Kuhl, 

and F. H. Poole. 

Passed Assistant Surgeon P. M. Rixey. 

Passed Assistant Paymaster H. R. Smith. 

Passed Assistant Engineers Geo. G. Towner, 

J. A. B. Smith, L. W. Wooster. 

Assistant Engineers J. S. K. Reeves, John A. Henderson. 

Gunner C. A. Young. 

Acting Carpenter Wm. L. Maples. 



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The Despatch is a screw steamer of the fourth class, in service as a dis- 
patch boat at Washington, and has enjoyed the enviable distinction of hav- 
ing conveyed the officials of two administrations on tours of inspection and 
visits of ceremony along the Atlantic coast. She has a tonnage of 430, old 
measurement, and carries four guns. Her present officers are : 

Commander Charles McGregor, Commanding. 

Lieutenants F. M. Wise, A. G. Berry. 

Masters F. H. Crosby, M. A. Shufeldt. 

Past Assistant Surgeon H. Aulick. 

Assistant Paymaster W. W. Gait. 

Past Assistant Engineers C. H. Manning, H. T. Cleaver. 

Assistant Ensrineer John R. Edwards. 



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The Saratoga, also a wooden sailing vessel, of the second class, third rate, 
is in use as a training ship, and stationed at Newport. Her tonnage is 757, 
displacement 1,025, and in her palmy days carried twelve guns. 

Commander Henry C. Taylor. 

Lieutenants John C. Soley. Fred'k Collins. 

Geo. F. W. Holman. 

Masters Frank "Winslow. C. D. Galloway. 

H. S. Waring. F. H. Tyler. 

Past Assistant Surgeon Howard E. Ames. 

Assistant Paymaster C. I. Lewis. 

First Lieutenant of Marines M. C. Goodrell. 

Boatswain C. E. Hawkins. 

Gunner ^ William Wilson. 

Carpenter N. H. Junkins. 

Sailniaker H. T. Stocker. 



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Like the Constitution and Saratoga, the Portsmouth is a wooden sailing 
vessel of the third-rate, second-class, and is used as a training ship. Her 
tonnage is 846 ; displacement 1,125, and is constructed to carry twelve guns. 

Commander W. Bainbrindge Hoff. 

Lieutenant Commander Albert S. Snow. 

Lieutenants Albert Koss. J. K. Selfridge. 

E. H. Taunt. Nathan Sargent. 

Masters D. L.Wilson, R. F. Nicholson. 

Ensign Louis W. Piepmeyer. 

Midshipmen S. F. B. Biddle. John E. Craven. 

George Sparhawk. A. C. Almy. 

Surgeon R. A. Marmion. 

Assistant Paymaster A. K. Michler. 

Chaplain F. Thompson. 

Second Lieutenant of Marines S. J. Logan. 

Boatswain A. Milne. 

Gunner R. H. Cross. 

Carpenter K. M. A. Mahony. 

Sailmaker Geo. S. Haskins. 



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The Yantic is a screw steamer of the third rate, attached to the North 
Atlantic Squadron, having a tonnage of 410, and a displacerpent of 900. 
She was thoroughly overhauled and repaired at the Washington Yard in 
1878, and, for a vessel of her rate is regarded as an exceedingly good ship. 
She has a draught of 11 feet forward and 13 feet 8 inches aft. Her battery 
consists of one 8-inch, two 9-inch guns, and one 60-pounder. Her comple- 
ment is 142 men, and below are her present officers : 

Commander Edwin T. Woodward. 

Lieutenants William T. Gibson, Ebenezer S. Prime. 

Masters F. E. Greene, C. J. Badger. 

Ensign John C. Colwell. 

Midshipmen Alfred Jeffries, Chas. S. McClain. 

Cadet Midshipmen H. L. Fillebrown. P. A. Huntoon. 

Geo. K. French. Hugh Rodman. 

Past Assistant Surgeon H. B. Harvey. 

Assistant Paymaster Chas. M. Ray. 

Chief Engineer Walter D. Smith. 

Past Assistant Engineer !. Chas. F. Nagle. 

Assistant Engineer G. H. T. Babbitt. 

Cadet Engineers-.Thomas W. Kinkaid, William D. Weaver. 



144 NAVAL VISITORS. 



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in use as a training ship, and ordinarily stationed at Newport. She has a 
tonnage of 1,335 ; a displacement of 2,200, and carries, when in commission, 
eighteen guns. 

Captain E. M. Shepard. 

Lieutenant Commander F. W. Dickins. 

Lieutenants .<James M. Miller. Arthur P. Nazro. 

John H. Moore. George L. Dyer. 

Masters Aaron Ward, Clinton H. Lyeth. 

Ensign George H. Peters. 

Midshipmen Arthur W. Dodd. W. S. Benson. 

W. R. Rush. R. K. Wright. 

Surgeon F. M. Dearborne. 

Past Assistant Surgeon Howard Wells. 

Paymaster L. A. Frailey. 

Chaplain ^ Frank B. Rose. 

First Lieutenant of Marines Frank D. Webster. 

Boatswain Thos. W. Brown. 

Gunner John R. Grainger. 

Carpenter Milton F. Roberts. 

Sailmaker John Martin. 



NAVAL VISITORS. 145 



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Captain P. C. Pope, 17. S. M. C, Senor Officer, Commanding. 



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Captain: W. L. Muse, U. S. Marine Corps. 
First Lieut. : David Whipple. 

50 enlisted men. 

From the U. 8. S. Vandalia. 

Fi7'st Lieut. : E. R. Robinson, U. S. M. C. 

26 enlisted men. 

F-om the' U. S. S. Kearsarge. 

First Lieut.: S. H. Gibson, U. S. M. C. 
25 enlisted men. 

From the U. S. S. Alliance. 

First Lieut. : G. F. Elliott, IT. S. M. C. 

25 enlisted men. 

F'om the U. S. S. Yantic. 

15 enlisted men. 

From the U. S. T. S. Saratoga. 

First Lieut. : F. S. Harrington. 

27 enlisted men. 

From the U. S. T. S. Portsmouth. 

Second Lieut. : S. J. Logan, U. S. M. C. 

26 enlisted men. 



14C NAVAL VISITORS. 

From the U. S. R. S. Franklin. 

17 enlisted men. 

From the U. S. S. Trenton. 

Captain: P. C. Pope, U. S. M. C. 

Firs/ Lieut. : Richard Wallach, IT. S. M. C. 

50 enlisted men. 

From the U. S. F. S. Lancaster. 

Captain: H. C. Cochrane, U. S. M. C. 
Second Lieut. : L. W. T. Waller, U. S. M. C. 

42 enlisted men. 

From the U. S. S. Powhatan. 

Fust Lieut. : S. W. Quackenbush, U. S. M. C. 
32 enlisted men. 

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148 OUR FRENCH GUESTS. 



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MAJOR OCTAVE GILBERT De PUSY. 

This gentleman, whose mother was Charlotte Matilda de La Fayette, the 
grand-daughter of the renowned general, was born at Avignon the 16th of 
November, 1832, and has passed a brilliarnt career of thirty-two years in 
the army. During this period he has served in Algeria, in the Italian cam- 
paign of 1859, and during the Prussian war narrowly escaped death at Sedan. 
He is now a Major, or Chef <hi Bataillon du Genie, and is now attached to 
the Ministry of War in the engineer department. He is an officer of the 
Legion of Honor, and wears the militarj' medal for the Italian campaign, 
as well as the Sardinian medal for military valor. 

M. PAUL De BEAUMONT. 

This gentleman is a nephew of M. Edmond de La Fayette, who is a Sen- 
ator of France, and the only living direct descendant of the great Marquis. 
M. Beaumont's mother was the daughter oi George Washington de La 
Fayette, the only son of the Marquis. He was formerly Maitre d'Reque- 
tas in the Council of State, and is cousin-germain to the M. de Corcellas, 
who is also of the visiting party. 

THE MARQUIS ROCHAMBEAU 

Is the adopted son of Philippe Auguste Donatien, Marquis de Roeham- 
beau, who was the lineal descendant of the renowned general. The family 
name of the present Marquis is de Vimeur, one of the family names of the 
house. He has already visited this country as Commissioner of France to 
the Centennial Exposition of 1876, and his commanding personal appear- 
ance and amiabilitj' are well known to those connected with the Exposition. 
He represents the Department of State, and will co-operate with the French 
Minister, M. Outrey, in the ceremonies. 

THE COUNT De GRASSE 

Is the great grand-nephew of the eminent Admiral, and with his father 
are the last representatives of the family name. He is an officer of the 
French Marine, and stationed at Cherbourg. 



OUR FRENCH GUESTS. 149 

COUNT ALFRED De NOAILLES 

Is a direct desucndant of the Vicomte de Noailles, who commanded the 
Soissonais regiment which held the centre of the French line in front o^ 
Yorktown in 1781. The family is one of the highest in France, and is allied 
to that of La Fayette, whose wife was the Countess Anastatic de Noailles, 
daughter of the Duke de Ayen, who afterwards became Duke de Noailles. 

THE COUNT De CHABANNES LA PALICE. 

This gentleman represents M. de Chabannes, who was an aide-de-camp 
to Count de Viomenil, who held the extreme right at Yorktown. He is an 
officer in the French Navy, and a Knight of the Legion of Honor. 

COUNT L'ELSTRADE 

Is a descendant of Baron L'Elstrade, who was lieutenant colonel of the 
regiment Deuxponts, and commanded the storming party at Yorktown, on 
the night of the 14th of October, 1781. 

THE CAVALIER De CUVERVILLE. 

This gentleman, who represents the Department of Marine, was born 
about 1835, and entered the Navy in 1852. He was seriously wounded at 
the siege of Sebastopol, and named in orders with honorable distinction. 
He received the Cross of the Legion of Honor in 1855, and reached his 
first command in 1863. In 1867 he was Secretary and Aide-de-Camp to 
Admiral Mequet, and cruised for some three years in American waters. 
He is the author of several military works, well known to the American 
Navy. Since that day he has had a wide range of naval experience, having 
been naval attache to the embassy at London, and leaves the command of 
the iron-clad Stiffren to accompany the delegation to America. 

THE COUNT J. C. De CHASTELLUX. 

This young gentleman is the lineal descendant of the Chevalier of that 
name who commanded the French artillery at the siege of Yorktown. 

COLONEL HIPPOLYTE WILLIAM BOSSAN 

Represents the Department of War, and was born at Amiens, 20th Sep- 
tember, 1827. He entered the arm}'' in 1850 as a sub-lieutenant in the 
first regiTiient of Carabineers, and rapidly rose through the ranks, reaching 
the rank of Chef d'Escadron in the second regiment of Chasseurs d'Afrique 
in 1869. In 1874 he became lieutenant colonel of the 23d Dragoons, and 
colonel of the 20th Dragoons 18th July, 1878. He served through the 



150 OUll FRENCH GUESTS, 

African campaign of 1869-'70, the Prussian war, and a second African 
campaign, ending in 1874. He is a Knight of the Legion of Honor, and is 
high!}' esteemed in military and social circles at home. 

GENERAL GEORGE ERNEST BOULANGER. 

Who also represents the Department of War, as the head of the military 
French mission, is the most distinguished of the generals of the French 
army to-day. He commands the renowned 14th Brigade of Cavalry ; is a 
Commander of the Legion of Honor, and was made a general within six- 
teen years after entering the army, a rapidity of promotion seldom equalled 
in the profession of arms. He was born in Rennes in 1835, entered the army 
in 1856, and his campaigns embrace that of Africa, 1856 to 1859, the Italian 
campaign of the latter year, being wounded in the fierce combat of Tur- 
bigo, and for this campaign he was made a Knight of the Legion of Honor 
and of the Order of St. Mauritius and Lazarus of Italy. He then served 
in Cochin China, 1861 to 1864, being again wounded in an assault, for which 
he was made a Knight of the Royal Order of Isabella of Spain. He served 
through the Franco-Prussian war with distinguished valor, being wounded 
at the battle of Champigny, for which he was created an officer of the 
Legion of Honor. He served with conspicuous gallantry against the Com- 
mune, and was again wounded by a bullet in the elbow, which disabled his 
left arm. 

THE COMMANDANT LEICHENSTEIN 

Represents the person of the President of the Republic of France, being a 
member of the military household, and a gentleman of marked urbanity 
of manner and a gallant soldier. He was born in 1835, and served during 
the war of 1870, and was present at Metz, Mars La Tour and Sedan. He 
was appointed to the general staff in 1874, and is Major of the Tenth Regi- 
ment of Cuirassiers. 

LIEUT. SIGISMUND MARIE HENRI RENNE De POURCET 

De SAHUNE. 

This gentleman descends in a direct line from the Marquis de La Fayette, 
being the son of Octavie Perier, the daughter of Natalie, whose father was 
George Washington de La Fayette, the only son of the Marquis. He was 
born on the 28th of March, 1849, at Castelnaudary, and entered the army 
in 1868. He served in the campaign of 1870-'71 with marked gallantry, 
and reached his present rank of Lieutenant in the Twentieth Dragoons, oa 
the 10th of .July, 1880. 



THE ORATOR. 151 

ST. GEORGE TUCKER MASON 

Is a son of John Y. Mason, who died at Paris while U. S. Minister in 1859. 
The son was born in Southampton, Va., in 1847, and notwithstanding his 
youth he entered the Confederate Army, and served during the war as a 
private. At the close of the war he went to France, and was made by Louis 
Napoleon, a second lieutenant in the Legion of Strangers. He served 
through the Franco-Prussian war, where he was wounded three times, and 
made a captain. Since that date he has served in Algiers, where he married 
the daughter of a brother officer. 

VISCOUNT ST. SIMON 

Is of the family of the Marquis St. Simon who commanded the brigade on 
the extreme left, composed of the French regiments of Catenois, Tou- 
raine, and Argenois, during the siege of Yorktown. The family is of great 
distinction, among whose members was the eminent minister the Duke of 
St. Simon, who was renowned throughout Europe as a powerful statesman 
of the highest rank. 



ROBERT CHARLES WINTHROP, L.L. D., 

THE CENTENNIAL ORATOR. 



An American statesman and orator, a descendant, in the sixth generation, 
of the first Governor Winthrop, born, in Boston, May 12, 1809. He was 
graduated at Harvard College in 1828, studied law in the office of Daniel 
Webster, and was admitted to the bar in 1831, but soon withdrew from the 
practice of his profession. 

In 1834 he was elected to the House of Representatives of Massachusetts, 
and re-elected in five successive years, during the last three of which he 
served as Speaker. In the autumn of 1840 he was chosen to the House of 
Representatives in Congress, and continued a member of that body during 
the next ten years, with the exception of a brief interval, during which he 
resigned his trust in consequence of domestic affairs. In the summer of 
1847 he visited Europe, and in December of that year he was chosen Speaker 
of the United States House of Representatives. 

At the meeting of the 31st Congress, in 1849, he was the candidate of the 
Whig party for re-election to the office of Speaker ; but, after sixty-three 
ballots, extending through three weeks, his opponent, Mr. Howell Cobb, 
was chosen by a plurality of two votes. 

In 1850 he was appointed by the Governor of Massachusetts to succeed 



152 THE POET. 

Mr. Webster in the Senate, when the latter took the office of Secretary of 
State under President Fillmore. In the early part of 1851 he was the candi- 
didate of the Whii!; party before the Legislature for the Senate of the United 
States ; but was, after a long contest, defeated by Mr. Sumner, the result of 
a combintion between the Democratic and Free Soil partes. In the autumn 
of the same year, Mr. Winthrop was the candidate of the Whig party for the 
oflSce of Governor, and received 65,000 votes, Mr. Boutwell, the Democratic 
candidate, a little over 40,000, and Mr. Palfrey, the Free Soil candidate, a 
little less than 30,000; but as an absoKite majority was then required for an 
election by the people; there was no constitutional choice, and Mr. Bout- 
well was elected Governor b}^ the Legislature. 

During his period of public service in Congress, Mr. Winthrop was a 
leading member of the Whig party. He was a frequent speaker, and his 
speeches always commanded attention from their substantial weight of 
argument and scholarly finish of style. A volume of his " Addresses and 
Speeches " was published in 1852. Since his retirement from public service 
he has lived in Boston. He is president of the Massachusetts Historical 
Society and of the Boston Provident Afsociation. In December, 1853, a 
lecture on Algernon Sydney was delivered by him before the Boston Mer- 
cantile Library Association. In 1857 he delivered an address on " Christi- 
anity as a Kemedy for Social and Political Evils," before the Young Men's 
Christian Association of Boston, and in May of the same year an address 
in aid of the fund for Ball's equestrian statue of Washington. These dis- 
courses, with many others, have been printed. In 1859 and 1860 he made 
an extended tour in Europe, and again in 1867-8, since which time Mr. 
Winthrop has devoted his abilities principally to literature. 

No more fitting selection for the honorable post of orator on the aus- 
picious occasion at Yorktown could have been made. 



JAMES BARRON HOPE, 

THE CENTENNIAL POET. 



James Barron Hope was born on the 23d day of March, 1829, at the resi- 
dence of his maternal grandfather, at that time commandant of the Norfolk 
(Virginia) Navy Yard, and is consequently in the fifty-third year of liis 
age. He is the son of the late Wilton Hope, youngest son of George Hope, 
of "Beth-el," in Elizabeth City county, Virginia, and of Jane A., eldest 
daughter of the late Commodore James Barron, whose father organized 
the Virginia Colonial Navj', of which he was the commander-in-chief dur- 



THE rOET. 153 

ing the Eevolution. The founder of the family on the paternal side was ons 
George Hope, who acoumuhited a large estate, and on the maternal side was 
one Samuel Barron, a captain in the British Navy, who, during England's 
supremacy in America, commanded " Fort George," which occupied the 
present site of Fortress Monroe. The subject of this sketch received his 
earlier education at Germantown, Pennsylvania, and at the Hampton Acad- 
emy. He was graduated from William and Mary College in July, 1847, 
with the degree of A. B. 

After a year spent at "Williamsburg, Virginia, in the practice of the law, 
Mr. Hope accepted the position of secretary to his relative, Com. Samuel 
Barron, of the Navy. Being transferred to the United States sloop of war 
" Cyane," he made a cruise in the West Indies, and, subsequently, in 
1850, went upon the field with J. Pembroke Jones, of Virginia, then a 
Passed Midshipman in the Navy. At the first fire both fell badly wounded. 
The difficulty was afterwards most honorably adjusted. In 1857 Mr. Hope 
married Annie Beverly Whiting, of Hampton. In the previous year he 
had been elected Commonwealth's attorney for Elizabeth City county, in 
which the town of Hampton, where Mr. Hope then resided, is situated. 

On the 13th of May, 1857, he delivered the poem at Jamestown, on the 
occasion of the 250th anniversary of the settlement of Virginia. At the 
unveiling of the equestrian statue of Washington, by Crawford, on the 
Capitol square in Kichmond, in 1858, Mr. Hope pronounced the metrical ode. 

Mr. Hope served gallantly in the Confederate army, attaining the rank 
of captain, and was paroled at the capitulation of the forces of General 
Joseph E. Johnston, at Greensboro, N. C. After the war Mr. Hope made 
Norfolk, of which he is now a resident, his home, and successively edited 
the Norfolk Day Book, under its Democratic auspices; the Norfolk Firr/i«- 
ian, and in 1872 founded the Norfolk Landmark, of which journal he is 
still the head. 

Mr. Hope has published a number of prose and poetical writings of 
marked merit, and while he has won an enviable distinction as a poet and 
literatteur, his mind is also remarkable for its analj'tical and logical power. 
The fitness of the selection by the Yorktown Centennial Congressional Com- 
mission of Mr. Hope as the poet on this occasion will be universally recog- 
nized. 



154 THE CAMP. 



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The military camp for the accommodation of the troops from the States, 
the Kegular Army, and such civic organizations as may be present, is 
located on the "Temple Farm," about one mile from the steamboat landings 
and three-fourths of a mile from the monument site, and is reached by a 
road leading directly from the town. The formation of the camp is irreg- 
ular, owing to the conformation of the ground, which is somewhat broken 
by a deep ravine, covered with thick underbrush, which it was deemed im- 
practicable to grade. The troops of the Regular Army occupy the extreme 
right, rear resting on the blutf of the York river, followed by the States in 
the order of their adoption of the Constitution and admission to the Union. 
Thus, entering the camp grounds by the gate, the States are arranged in 
line as follows — the tents of the Governor and staff occupying the front of 
the line, the Governor's tent being surmounted by the State flag, and that 
of the commanding officer of the State troops by the National colors — 
Michigan, Kentucky, Vermont, Rhode Island, North Carolina, and Vir- 
ginia, directly in front of which, across the parade ground, is the Moore 
House. Continuing down the avenue to the south, after passing Virginia, 
is found the States of New Hampshire, South Carolina, Maryland, Massa- 
chusetts, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania. Crossing the avenue and return- 
ing toward the right are Delaware, New Jersey, Georgia, and the Veterans 
from the Soldiers' Homes, which brings us to the Regular Army, stretching 
to the Moore House, in the rear of which is the Masonic camp. Continu- 
ing along the bluff is the reserve of the Centennial Association, on which 
is located La Fayette Hall, or the " Pavilion," and other buildings of the 
Association, reaching to the place of entrance. Water is brought from a 
creek to the rear of the camp, and, by means of pipes, is carried through 
the camp of each State, where, by means of siphons and hogsheads, it is 
distributed in abundance as required. Telegraph lines connect the camp 
with all parts of the world, and the various points of the grounds are 
brought into close connection by telephone. At night it is lighted by 
electric lights, causing the tents and prominent objects to stand out in 
phantom-like relief, presenting a novel and brilliant effect. 



NOTE. 



The publisher finds himself obliged to apologize for errors and 
omissions that, despite his utmost care, have crept into this book. 
A few typographical errors here and there are properly chargeable 
to his own account, but the fact that military organizations are 
sometimes incorrectly reported, or not reported at all, is due to the 
neglect of their commanding officers, who, although advised that 
all copy must be in by the 25th September, failed to send it in 
time, and, in some cases, did not send at all. This is the more to 
be regretted, in that the Programme has already assumed a position 
in the history of the Yorktown Centennial celebration that makes 
it the most important record souvenir of the occasion. 

To those who have aided him in the compilation of the work, the 
publisher desires to return his thanks. To officials of the War 
and Navy Departments, the Adjutants General of States, and the 
commanding officers of troops he is particularly indebted, as well as 
to Grand Master P. S. Coles, Grand Secretary W. B. Isaacs, and 
Grand Captain General Reed, of Virginia, for the very complete 
Masonic data herein ; also to Mr. Alexander Bell, of the Norfolk 
Virginian, without whose excellent summary of the " Origin of the 
Celebration " the work would have been incomplete. To mention 
all who have at all times cheerfully responded to his requests for 
aid would be, in itself, a task of no ordinary magnitude. To such 
he can only return his heartfelt thanks, and beg to continue their 
sincere friend. 

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